title: Word-final prolongations in an adult male with neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: A case of word-final prolongations occurring in an adult male with neurofibromatosis type 1 is reported. Speech samples were collected in five different speech modalities (i.e. spontaneous speech, monologue, repetition, automatic series and reading) and subsequently analyzed in a semi-automatic manner using Praat software. Results on the frequency, nature and distribution of the word-final prolongations are presented. The possible pathogenesis of these word-final disfluencies and their relation to stuttering is discussed.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The reader will be able to: (1) describe the characteristics of word-final prolongations as displayed by an adult male with neurofibromatosis type 1 and (2) discuss the possible pathogenesis of these word-final prolongations and their relation to stuttering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Logopaedic and Audiologic Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185 2P1, Gent, Belgium. marjan.cosyns@ugent.be
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cosyns
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mortier
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corthals
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Borsel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013997:Time Factors