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Einarsdottir, Johanna; Ingham, Roger – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Clinicians rely on parents to provide information regarding the onset and development of stuttering in their own children. The accuracy and reliability of their judgments of stuttering is therefore important and is not well researched. Aim: To investigate the accuracy of parent judgements of stuttering in their own children's speech…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Intervals, Stuttering, Parent Attitudes
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Proctor, Adele; Yairi, Ehud; Duff, Melissa C.; Zhang, Jie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: In this study, the authors sought to determine the prevalence of stuttering in African American (AA) 2- to 5-year-olds as compared with same-age European Americans (EAs). Method: A total of 3,164 children participated: 2,223 AAs and 941 EAs. Data were collected using a 3-pronged approach that included investigators' individual…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Stuttering
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Rousseau, Isabelle; Packman, Ann; Onslow, Mark; Harrison, Elisabeth; Jones, Mark – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2007
Knowledge of variables that predict treatment time is of benefit in deciding when to start treatment for early stuttering. To date, the only variable clearly related to treatment time with the Lidcombe Program is pre-treatment stuttering frequency. Previous studies have shown that children whose stuttering is more severe take longer to complete…
Descriptors: Phonology, Preschool Children, Stuttering, Outcomes of Treatment