The influence of phonetic complexity on stuttered speech.
The primary purpose of this study was to re-examine the influence of phonetic complexity on stuttering in young children through the use of the Word Complexity Measure (WCM). Parent-child conversations were transcribed for 14 children who stutter (mean age = 3 years, 7 months; SD = 11.20 months). Lexical and linguistic factors were accounted for during the analysis. Results indicate that phonetic complexity, as measured by WCM, did not exhibit a significant influence on the likelihood of stuttering. Findings support previous data that suggest stuttering in preschool-age children does not appear significantly related to phonetic complexity of the production.
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, 78759, USA. geoff.coalson@mail.utexas.edu
Geoffrey A
GA
Coalson
Courtney T
CT
Byrd
Barbara L
BL
Davis
D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010700:Phonetics; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012660:Semantics; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013342:Stuttering / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014825:Vocabulary