title: Factors involved in the identification of stuttering severity in a foreign language.
abstract: Speech-language pathologists nowadays are more and more confronted with clients who speak a language different from their own mother tongue. The assessment of persons who speak a foreign language poses particular challenges. The present study investigated the possible role and interplay of factors involved in the identification of stuttering severity in a foreign language. Nineteen speech-language pathologists from five different countries (i.e. Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Belgium) rated stuttering severity of speech samples featuring persons who stutter speaking Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, or Dutch. Additionally, they were asked to score how easy they found it to rate the samples. Accuracy of rating stuttering severity in another language appeared to be foremost determined by the client's stuttering severity, while experienced ease of rating stuttering severity was essentially related to closeness of the language of the clinician to that of the client and familiarity of the clinician with the client's language. Stuttering measurement training programmes in different languages are needed.
authors: a Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences , Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium and.
authors: Marjan
authors: M
authors: Cosyns
authors: b School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland , Reykjavík , Iceland.
authors: Jóhanna T
authors: JT
authors: Einarsdóttir
authors: a Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences , Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium and.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Van Borsel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D013067:Speech Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D013342:Stuttering / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Stuttering assessment; experience; language closeness; language familiarity; stuttering severity