title: Effect(s) of Language Tasks on Severity of Disfluencies in Preschool Children with Stuttering.
abstract: Speech disfluency in children can be increased or decreased depending on the type of linguistic task presented to them. In this study, the effect of sentence imitation and sentence modeling on severity of speech disfluencies in preschool children with stuttering is investigated. In this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study, 58 children with stuttering (29 with mild stuttering and 29 with moderate stuttering) and 58 typical children aged between 4 and 6 years old participated. The severity of speech disfluencies was assessed by SSI-3 and TOCS before and after offering each task. In boys with mild stuttering, The mean stuttering severity scores in two tasks of sentence imitation and sentence modeling were [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] respectively ([Formula: see text]). But, in boys with moderate stuttering the stuttering severity in the both tasks were [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] respectively ([Formula: see text]). In girls with mild stuttering, the stuttering severity in two tasks of sentence imitation and sentence modeling were [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] respectively ([Formula: see text]). But, in girls with moderate stuttering the mean stuttering severity in the both tasks were [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] respectively ([Formula: see text]). In both gender of typical children, the score of speech disfluencies had no significant difference between two tasks ([Formula: see text]). In preschool children with mild stuttering and peer non-stutters, performing the tasks of sentence imitation and sentence modeling could not increase the severity of stuttering. But, in preschool children with moderate stuttering, doing the task of sentence modeling increased the stuttering severity score.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Musculoskeletal Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Peyman
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zamani
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Musculoskeletal Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ravanbakhsh
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech & Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Weisi
authors.affiliation: Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rashedi
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naderi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of human sciences and literature, Bu-Ali Sine University, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ayub
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hosseinzadeh
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Hamadan, Iran. m_r_st@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezaei
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013342:Stuttering / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Disfluency; Sentence imitation task; Sentence modeling task; Stuttering severity