Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

 

Recent Developments in Speech Motor Research into Stuttering

Peters H.F.M.a · Hulstijn W.b · van Lieshout P.H.H.M.c

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aDepartment of Voice and Speech Pathology, University Hospital Nijmegen bNijmegen Institute of Cognition and Information, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands cDepartment of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Canada

Keywords: StutteringSpeech motor coordinationAssessment speech productionSpeech motor research

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Folia Phoniatr Logop 2000;52:103–119
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Published online: August 17, 1999
Issue release date: January – June

Number of Print Pages: 17
Number of Figures: 5
Number of Tables: 0

ISSN: 1021-7762 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9972 (Online)

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Abstract

This paper discusses recent speech motor research into stuttering within the framework of a speech production model. There seems to be no support for the claim that stutterers differ from nonstutterers in assembling motor plans for speech. However, physiological data suggest that stutterers may at least have different ways of initiating and controlling speech movements. It is hypothesized that stuttering may be the result of a deficiency in speech motor skill. Furthermore, objections to the use of stuttering frequency as a severity index are formulated and future developments in the assessment of speech motor behavior in stuttering are described.



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Published online: August 17, 1999
Issue release date: January – June

Number of Print Pages: 17
Number of Figures: 5
Number of Tables: 0

ISSN: 1021-7762 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9972 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/FPL

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