Nonword repetition and nonword reading abilities in adults who do and do not stutter.
Post date: Dec 27, 2013 12:26:22 PM
Published in the Journal of Fluency Disorders:
In this study nonword repetition and reading were investigated in 9 adults who stutter (AWS) and age, sex matched adults who do not stutter. Groups were compared in speech accuracy in both tasks and in speech kinematics of nonword reading performance. Groups were comparable in percent accuracy in nonword repetition; AWS showed a trend toward a higher percent of errors in nonword reading. Higher movement variability and longer speech duration were also observed in the AWS in the reading task. Findings shed light on differences between AWS and control in processes underlying nonword reading and repetition.