ERIC Number: EJ1358387
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
EISSN: EISSN-1538-4780
Rate of Stuttering and Factors Associated with Speech Fluency Characteristics in Adult Struggling Readers
Ai Leen Choo; Daphne Greenberg; Hongli Li; Amani Talwar
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v56 n1 p7-24 Jan-Feb 2023
Stuttering is a disorder that affects about 1% of the population and manifests as speech disfluencies. Reading difficulties and disabilities are commonly found in this population. Nonetheless, speech disfluencies have not been explored in adult struggling readers (ASRs). In the current study, we examined the rate of stuttering in ASRs as well as the relationships between their speech fluency and reading skills. A total of 120 participants were interviewed about their experiences with reading and administered standardized reading and reading-related assessments. Speech fluency and the criterion for stuttering were based on the interview. About 18.3% of the sample met the criterion for stuttering. ASRs who stutter (ASRs-S) and ASRs who do not stutter (ASRs-NS) did not differ in their reading and reading-related skills. ASRs-S had higher rates of negative correlations between reading and reading-related skills compared with ASRs-NS. Correlation patterns between performance on standardized assessments point to higher rates of uneven skills or dissociations in ASRs-S. These findings may have implications for the assessment and instruction for ASRs. [For the corresponding grantee submission, see ED620471.]
Descriptors: Stuttering, Incidence, Adults, Reading Difficulties, Speech Communication, Language Fluency, Reading Skills, Correlation, Speech Impairments, Adult Literacy, Individual Characteristics, Achievement Tests, Reading Tests, Phonological Awareness, At Risk Persons, Reading Fluency
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Related Records: ED620471
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement; Test of Word Reading Efficiency
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305C120001