What Are Predictors for Persistence in Childhood Stuttering?

Bridget Walsh; Evan Usler; Anna Bostian; Ranjini Mohan; Katelyn Lippitt Gerwin; Barbara Brown; Christine Weber; Anne Smith

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1667159

Seminars in Speech and Language, Table of Contents

Semin Speech Lang 2018; 39(04): 299-312
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1667159

Review Article

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What Are Predictors for Persistence in Childhood Stuttering?

Authors

Bridget Walsh

¹Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Evan Usler

²Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Speech and Feeding Disorders Laboratory, Boston University, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts
Anna Bostian

³Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Ranjini Mohan

⁴Department of Communication Disorders, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Katelyn Lippitt Gerwin

³Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Barbara Brown

³Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Christine Weber

³Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Anne Smith

³Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Abstract

Over the past 10 years, we (the Purdue Stuttering Project) have implemented longitudinal studies to examine factors related to persistence and recovery in early childhood stuttering. Stuttering develops essentially as an impairment in speech sensorimotor processes that is strongly influenced by dynamic interactions among motor, language, and emotional domains. Our work has assessed physiological, behavioral, and clinical features of stuttering within the motor, linguistic, and emotional domains. We describe the results of studies in which measures collected when the child was 4 to 5 years old are related to eventual stuttering status. We provide supplemental evidence of the role of known predictive factors (e.g., sex and family history of persistent stuttering). In addition, we present new evidence that early delays in basic speech motor processes (especially in boys), poor performance on a nonword repetition test, stuttering severity at the age of 4 to 5 years, and delayed or atypical functioning in central nervous system language processing networks are predictive of persistent stuttering.

Keywords

Stuttering - speech motor control - persistence - recovery - children - language - emotion - fNIRS - ERP

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