Duration of the Speech Disfluencies of Beginning Stutterers

1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Zebrowski
Keyword(s):  
Average Duration ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Conversational Speech ◽  
Principal Characteristics ◽  
Word Repetition ◽  
Syllable Repetition ◽  
Whole Word ◽  
Speech Disfluency ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Age And Sex

This study compared the duration of within-word disfluencies and the number of repeated units per instance of sound/syllable and whole-word repetitions of beginning stutterers to those produced by age- and sex-matched nonstuttering children. Subjects were 10 stuttering children [9 males and 1 female; mean age 4:1 (years:months); age range 3:2–5:0], and 10 nonstuttering children (9 males and 1 female; mean age 4:0; age range: 2:10–5:1). Mothers of the stuttering children reported that their children had been stuttering for 1 year or less. One 300-word conversational speech sample from each of the stuttering and nonstuttering children was analyzed for (a) mean duration of sound/syllable repetition and sound prolongation, (b) mean number of repeated units per instance of sound/syllable and whole-word repetition, and (c) various related measures of the frequency of all between- and within-word speech disfluencies. There were no significant between-group differences for either the duration of acoustically measured sound/syllable repetitions and sound prolongations or the number of repeated units per instance of sound/syllable and whole-word repetition. Unlike frequency and type of speech disfluency produced, average duration of within-word disfluencies and number of repeated units per repetition do not differentiate the disfluent speech of beginning stutterers and their nonstuttering peers. Additional analyses support findings from previous perceptual work that type and frequency of speech disfluency, not duration, are the principal characteristics listeners use in distinguishing these two talker groups.

Duration of Sound Prolongation and Sound/Syllable Repetition in Children Who Stutter

1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Zebrowski
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Average Duration ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Conversational Speech ◽  
Fluent Speech ◽  
Syllable Repetition ◽  
Speech Disfluency ◽  
Post Onset

The purpose of this study was to measure the duration of sound prolongations and sound/syllable repetitions (stutterings) in the conversational speech of school-age children who stutter. The relationships between duration and (a) frequency and type of speech disfluency, (b) number and rate of repeated units per instance of sound/syllable repetition, (c) overall speech rate, and (d) articulatory rate were also examined. Results indicated that for the children in this study the average duration of stuttering was approximately three-quarters of a second, and was not significantly correlated with age, length of post-onset interval, or frequency of speech disfluency. In addition, findings can be taken to suggest that part of the clinical significance of stuttering duration for children who stutter might lie in its relationship to the amount of sound prolongations these children produce, as well as their articulatory rate during fluent speech.

Judgments of Disfluency by Mothers of Stuttering and Normally Fluent Children

1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Zebrowski ◽  
Edward G. Conture
Keyword(s):  
Group Differences ◽  
Perceptual Judgments ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Whole Word ◽  
Speech Disfluency ◽  
Children's Speech ◽  
Age And Sex

The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between selected aspects of speech disfluency and perceptual judgments of these events by mothers of young stutterers and mothers of age- and sex-matched normally fluent children. Each mother independently listened to and judged as either "stuttered" or "not stuttered" recorded examples of a young stutterer's imitated productions of: (a) five different types of speech disfluency, (b) sound prolongations, and (c) sound/syllable repetitions of five different durations each, along with a comparable number of fluent utterances. Results indicated that although some between-group differences in judgments were observed, both groups most frequently judged sound/syllable repetitions to be stuttered, followed by whole-word repetitions and broken words. Fluent utterances, interjections, and sound prolongations were most frequently judged to be not stuttered by all mothers. Both groups judged sound prolongations averaging 258 ms in duration to be stuttered an average of 25% of the time, increasing to 68% for sound prolongations averaging 1254 ms; however, both groups of mothers judged sound/syllable repetitions of two or more iterations to be stuttered an average of 93% of the time. Findings suggest that there are not appreciable differences between mothers of stuttering and normally fluent children regarding their perceptual judgments of speech disfluencies, but each group might more frequently judge as stuttered those types of speech disfluencies characteristic of their own children's speech.

scholarly journals Cognitive and Physical Activity-Related Aspects of Children Associated to the Performance of the Crunning Movement

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Ewan Thomas ◽  
Marianna Alesi ◽  
Garden Tabacchi ◽  
Carlos Marques da Silva ◽  
David J. Sturm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Movement Performance ◽  
Individual Sports ◽  
Age Range

The aim of this investigation was to identify possible related factors associated to the performance of the crunning test in European children and adolescents. A total number of 559 children and adolescents (age range 6–14 years) of which 308 boys (55.1%) and 251 girls (44.9%), from seven European countries, were screened. A questionnaire concerning demographic and personal life-related factors and a cognitive assessment were performed. A regression analysis was conducted with the performance measures of the crunning movement. T-tests and ANCOVA were used to analyze sub-group differences. Boys have greater crunning performance values compared to girls (5.55 s vs. 7.06 s, p < 0.001) and older children perform better than younger ones (R2 −0.23; p < 0.001). Children with healthy and active habits (exercising or spending time with family members vs. reading or surfing the internet) performed better in the test. Children engaged in team sports had better crunning performances compared to those engaged in individual sports (6.01 s vs. 6.66 s, p = 0.0166). No significant association was found regarding cognitive-related aspects in either children engaged in team or individual sports and the crunning performance. Older and male children performed better in the crunning test than younger and female children. Physical activity-related aspects of children’s life are associated with crunning movement performance. No association was found between higher cognitive performance and the crunning test results.

Helminth parasites of Jamaican anoles (Reptilia: Iguanidae): variation in prevalence and intensity with host age and sex in a population of Anolis lineatopus

Parasitology ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vogel ◽  
D. A. P. Bundy
Keyword(s):  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Helminth Parasite ◽  
Infection Prevalence ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
Host Age ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Low Prevalence ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Age And Sex

SUMMARYThe Jamaican iguanid lizard Anolis lineatopus is the host of 4 species of helminth parasite: an acanthocephalan (Centrorhynchus spinosus), a digenean (Mesocoelium danforthi), and 2 nematodes (Cyrtosumum scelopori and Thelandros (?cubensis). Prevalance of C. spinosus was unrelated to host age but was considerably higher in males (43%) than in females (10%). The intensity increased with host age: (range: 1–23, median: 3). Prevalence of C. scelopori increased with host age in both sexes: juveniles (<3 months) were uninfected while infection occurred in almost all lizards older than 9 months. Intensity was higher in males (range: 1–403, median: 158) than in females (range: 1–297, median: 86). The infection patterns of C. spinosus and C. scelopori differed significantly from each other and were not consistent with a simplistic direct relationship between time of exposure and infection prevalence. Acanthocephalan and digenean infections occurred at low prevalence and intensity although prevalence in older, larger lizards tended to be higher than in younger, smaller ones.

scholarly journals Speech Disfluency Made by Male and Female Learners at Kampung Inggris Semarang

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Dhanan Abimanto ◽  
Yayuk Hidayah ◽  
Lili Halimah ◽  
Umar Al Faruq A Hasyim
Keyword(s):  
English Learners ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Affective Factors ◽  
Word Repetition ◽  
Normal People ◽  
False Start ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Speech Disfluency

In utterance, there must be some disfluency whether in normal people or in stutterer. Moreover, the disfluency would be different if it was categorized into two based on the gender. The researchers’ figures out the disfluency based on the gender, male and female. The article was to find out any types of disfluency that appear on the male and female speeches, to find the dominant type of disfluency occured in male and female speeches, the difference between male and female speeches, and the factors causing the disfluency made by male and female speeches.  The sample was 24 English learners at Kampung Inggris Semarang, 12 males and 12 females. In collecting the data the researchers used observation and interview. In analysing the data, the researchers used the theory from Clark and Wasow supported by Johnson and Bortfeld et.al. The result showed that nine types of disfluency occur in learners’ speech, i.e filler, silent pause, revision, incomplete phrase, broken word, repetition, grammatical disfluency, prolongation, and false start. The dominant disfluency occured in male and female speeches was filler. In the dominant disfluency, males produced more filers than females, whereas silent pause was more produced in female speeches. Besides, there was some factors causing disfluency made by male and female learners of Kampung Inggris Semarang, which were related to psychological factors. It included cognitive factors and affective factors. In total, male produced more disfluency than female. Besides that male learner made more factors which could affect the disfluency in their speeches than female learners, male learners were more likely not in mastering grammar and vocabularies and getting prepared in materials. Keywords: Speech Disfulency, Factors Speech Disfluency, Disfluency

scholarly journals The metopic index: an anthropometric index for the quantitative assessment of trigonocephaly from metopic synostosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Y. Wang ◽  
Amir H. Dorafshar ◽  
Ann Liu ◽  
Mari L. Groves ◽  
Edward S. Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Surgical Repair ◽  
Preoperative Evaluation ◽  
Ct Scans ◽  
Control Group ◽  
3D Reconstructions ◽  
Metopic Synostosis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Age And Sex

OBJECTIVE Because the metopic suture normally fuses during infancy, there are varying degrees of severity in head shape abnormalities associated with premature fusion. A method for the objective and reproducible assessment of metopic synostosis is needed to guide management, as current methods are limited by their reliance on aesthetic markers. The object of this study was to describe the metopic index (MI), a simple anthropometric cranial measurement. The measurements can be obtained from CT scans and, more importantly, from palpable cranial landmarks, and the index provides a rapid tool for evaluating patients in both pre- and postoperative settings. METHODS High-resolution head CT scans obtained in 69 patients (age range 0–24 months) diagnosed with metopic craniosynostosis were retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative 3D reconstructions were available in 15 cases, and these were compared with 3D reconstructions of 324 CT scans obtained in a control group of 316 infants (age range 0–24 months) who did not have any condition that might affect head size or shape and also in a subset of this group, comprising 112 patients precisely matched to the craniosynostosis patients with respect to age and sex. Postoperative scans were available and reviewed in 9 of the craniosynostosis patients at a mean time of 7.1 months after surgical repair. 3D reconstructions of these scans were matched with controls based upon age and sex. RESULTS The mean preoperative MI for patients with trigonocephaly was 0.48 (SD 0.05), significantly lower than the mean values of 0.57 (SD 0.04) calculated on the basis of all 324 scans obtained in controls (p < 0.001) and 0.58 (SD 0.04) for the subset of 112 age- and sex-matched controls (p < 0.001). For 7 patients with both pre- and postoperative CT scans available for evaluation, the mean postoperative MI was 0.55 (SD 0.03), significantly greater than their preoperative MIs (mean 0.48 [SD 0.04], p = 0.001) and comparable to the mean MI of the controls (p = 0.30). In 4 patients, clinically obtained postoperative MIs by caliper measurement were comparable to measurements derived from CT (p = 0.141). CONCLUSIONS The MI is a useful measurement of the severity of trigonocephaly in patients with metopic synostosis. This simple quantitative assessment can potentially be used in the clinical setting to guide preoperative evaluation, surgical repair, and postoperative degree of correction.

scholarly journals Assessing Developmental Environmental Risk Factor Exposure in Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Individuals: Preliminary Results Using the Individual and Structural Exposure to Stress in Psychosis-Risk States Scale

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 994
Author(s):  
Teresa Vargas ◽  
Denise S. Zou ◽  
Rachel E. Conley ◽  
Vijay A. Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Clinical High Risk ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Psychosis Risk ◽  
Age Range

Introduction: Exposure to cumulative environmental risk factors across development has been linked to a host of adverse health/functional outcomes. This perspective incorporating information regarding exposure at differing developmental periods is lacking in research surrounding individuals at Clinical High Risk (CHR) for developing a psychotic disorder. Methods: CHR individuals (n = 35) and healthy volunteers (n = 28) completed structured clinical interviews as well as our group’s newly developed Individual and Structural Exposure to Stress in Psychosis-risk-states (ISESP) interview. Lifetime cumulative scores were calculated, and severity of stress was reported for multiple developmental periods/ages. Group differences were tested, and associations with current symptom domains were examined. Results: Significant group differences were not observed for lifetime cumulative events, though CHR trended toward endorsing more events and greater stress severity. For stress severity across development, there were trending group differences for the 11–13 age range, and significant group differences for the 14–18 age range; notably, comparisons for earlier time points did not approach statistical significance. Associations between negative symptoms and cumulative severity of exposure were observed. Discussion: Results suggest exploring exposure to cumulative environmental risk factors/stressors and stress severity across developmental periods is generally informative and possibly specifically so for predictive models and diathesis-stress psychosis risk conceptualizations.

scholarly journals Age and sex prevalence estimate of Joubert syndrome in Italy

Neurology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (8) ◽  
pp. e797-e801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Nuovo ◽  
Ilaria Bacigalupo ◽  
Monia Ginevrino ◽  
Roberta Battini ◽  
Enrico Bertini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Joubert Syndrome ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Age At Diagnosis ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Genetic Profile ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Male Specific ◽  
Next Generation Sequencing Ngs ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Age And Sex

ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of Joubert syndrome (JS) in Italy applying standards of descriptive epidemiology and to provide a molecular characterization of the described patient cohort.MethodsWe enrolled all patients with a neuroradiologically confirmed diagnosis of JS who resided in Italy in 2018 and calculated age and sex prevalence, assuming a Poisson distribution. We also investigated the correlation between proband chronological age and age at diagnosis and performed next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis on probands' DNA when available.ResultsWe identified 284 patients with JS: the overall, female- and male-specific population-based prevalence rates were 0.47 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.41–0.53), 0.41 (95% CI 0.32–0.49), and 0.53 (95% CI 0.45–0.61) per 100,000 population, respectively. When we considered only patients in the age range from 0 to 19 years, the corresponding population-based prevalence rates rose to 1.7 (95% CI 1.49–1.97), 1.62 (95% CI 1.31–1.99), and 1.80 (95% CI 1.49–2.18) per 100,000 population. NGS analysis allowed identifying the genetic cause in 131 of 219 screened probands. Age at diagnosis was available for 223 probands, with a mean of 6.67 ± 8.10 years, and showed a statistically significant linear relationship with chronological age (r2 = 0.79; p < 0.001).ConclusionsWe estimated for the first time the age and sex prevalence of JS in Italy and investigated the patients’ genetic profile. The obtained population-based prevalence rate was ≈10 times higher than that available in literature for children population.

Age and Sex Differences in Self-Esteem among Spanish Adolescents

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 876-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Lameiras Fernández ◽  
Yolanda Rodríguez Castro
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Age And Sex

This study examined the relation of self-esteem with sex and age for 660 Spanish students (400 secondary school students, 260 university students, age range 12 to 28 years), who responded to the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale. Analysis indicated no sex differences in general self-esteem, but there were differences with respect to age. Persons 12 to 16 years old had lower self-esteem than others between the ages of 17 and 28 years.

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