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Previous work has postulated that a deficit in lexicalization may be an underlying cause of a stuttering disorder (Prins, Main, & Wampler, 1997; Wingate, 1988). This study investigates the time course of lexicalization of nouns and verbs in adults who … Continue reading →

Speech-language pathologists routinely assess physical tension during evaluation of those who stutter. If speakers experience tension that is not visible to clinicians, then judgments of severity may be inaccurate. This study addressed this potential discrepancy by comparing judgments of tension … Continue reading →

The purpose of this study was to determine laypeople’s knowledge and awareness of stuttering in Japan. Although around half of the respondents had heard or met a stutterer, they tended to misunderstand the stuttering; e.g., respondents estimated the prevalence of … Continue reading →

This study investigated whether sympathetic activity during a stressful speaking task was an early marker for stuttering chronicity. Findings indicated that at the initial time point, children with persisting stuttering exhibited higher sympathetic arousal during the stressful speaking task than … Continue reading →

After realizing how much I struggled, I decided I wanted to help people who had gone through situations like mine. Now I am at Governors State University, studying to be a speech pathologist or an interpreter for the deaf. My … Continue reading →

The aim of this study is to provide a description of articulatory behaviour during SLDs. More precisely, our objective is to analyse articulatory movements that occur during SLDs and propose a classification based on supraglottic articulatory gestures. Our hypothesis is … Continue reading →

The purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children’s exogenously triggered response inhibition and stuttering. Results suggest that CWS, compared to CWNS, perform comparable to CWNS in a task where response control is externally triggered. Our findings … Continue reading →