Evaluating Stuttering in Young Children

• DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0704.62
• Publication Date: 2014-07-29T21:41:53Z
• Authors: J. Scott Yaruss; Lisa R. LaSalle; Edward G. Conture
• Keywords: Stuttering

This study describes relationships between speech, language, and related behaviors exhibited during an initial diagnostic evaluation by 2- to 6-year-old children referred for of their speech language development. These were as a result parents’ concerns that they might be at risk stuttering. Subjects 100 (85 boys 15 girls; mean age=54.7 months; SD =12.2 months) who appeared representative the clinicians are likely evaluate in clinical setting. Analyses based on retrospective examination detailed records prepared evaluations. Results indicated recommended treatment significantly higher scores than reevaluation or neither nor all measures fluency except duration disfluencies (which approached, but did not reach, significance). Importantly, analyses also revealed significant behavioral overlaps three recommendation subgroups, suggesting absolute referral criteria probably should used when making recommendations. In addition, testing proportion these concomitant difficulties with phonology, oral motor skills, stuttering is necessarily independent other aspects children’s Based distribution variety this relatively large database, benchmarks presented may provide means comparing own recommendations those made others.