A comparison between children who stutter and their normally fluent peers on a story retelling task

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Abstract

Narratives produced during a story-retelling task by 12 children who stutter and matched normally fluent peers were compared. Each narrative was analyzed for inclusion of story grammar components and level of sophistication. Additionally, the narratives produced by the children who stuttered were analyzed to determine the existence of a relationship between stuttering frequency and level of sophistication of the narrative. There were no significant group differences in the narratives and a weak relationship between narrative complexity and stuttering frequency. Qualitative analysis of the narratives revealed three subgroups of children who stutter, indicating that for some of these children, subtle language impairment may be a component of the fluency disorder. © 1995.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Fluency Disorders

First Page

279

Last Page

292

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