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Arena, Richard M.; Walker, Elizabeth A.; Oleson, Jacob J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2017
Purpose: A number of studies with large sample sizes have reported lower prevalence of stuttering in children with significant hearing loss compared to children without hearing loss. This study used a parent questionnaire to investigate the characteristics of stuttering (e.g., incidence, prevalence, and age of onset) in children who are hard of…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Partial Hearing, Children, Parents
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Davidow, Jason H.; Ingham, Roger J. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2013
Purpose: This study examined the effect of speech rate on phonated intervals (PIs), in order to test whether a reduction in the frequency of short PIs is an important part of the fluency-inducing mechanism of chorus reading. The influence of speech rate on stuttering frequency, speaker-judged speech effort, and listener-judged naturalness was also…
Descriptors: Speech, Stuttering, Phonology, Intervals
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Theys, C.; van Wieringen, A.; Sunaert, S.; Thijs, V.; De Nil, L. F. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
In this prospective study, data on incidence, stuttering characteristics, co-occurring speech disorders, and recovery of neurogenic stuttering in a large sample of stroke participants were assessed. Following stroke onset, 17 of 319 participants (5.3%; 95% CI, 3.2-8.3) met the criteria for neurogenic stuttering. Stuttering persisted in at least…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Incidence, Aphasia, Language Impairments
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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