The effects of parental speech rate in children who stutter

IF 1.8 3区医学 Q2 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Journal of Communication Disorders Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2025.106554

Ecem Nur Demirsoy Demirci , Tuğçe Karahan Tığrak , Maviş Emel Kulak Kayıkcı

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Abstract

Introduction

The study aims to examine the relationship between changes in parental speech rate and stuttering severity, frequency and speech rate in children who stutter (CWS). Additionally, it also examines the difference between the speech rate of parents of CWS and that of parents of children who do not stutter (CWNS).

Method

The study included 46 CWS aged between 3 and 6 years and 46 CWNS of the same age and gender, together with their respective parents. Interactive parent-child speech recordings were collected and used to assess speech rate, severity, and frequency of stuttering in CWS and their parents, whereas these recordings were only used to assess speech rate in CWNS and their parents.

Result

The study suggests that there may be a significant relationship between parents’ slowing the speech rate and a reduction in the severity and frequency of stuttering in CWS. It is also found that there is no significant difference in the speech rate between parents of CWS and CWNS.

Conclusion

The findings indicate that parents’ speech rate should be considered in the assessment and may be implemented in the treatment of stuttering.

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父母言语率对口吃儿童的影响

本研究旨在探讨父母言语率的变化与口吃儿童言语严重程度、频率和言语率的关系。此外，它还检查了口吃儿童父母和非口吃儿童父母的言语率之间的差异。方法选取46例年龄在3 ~ 6岁的患儿和46例同年龄、同性别的患儿及其父母。收集互动亲子语音记录，用于评估口吃儿童及其父母的言语率、严重程度和频率，而这些录音仅用于评估口吃儿童及其父母的言语率。结果本研究提示父母减缓言语速度与减少CWS患儿口吃的严重程度和频率之间可能存在显著的关系。研究还发现，两组儿童的言语率无显著差异。结论本研究结果表明，在口吃的治疗中应考虑到父母的言语率。

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Journal of Communication Disorders AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-REHABILITATION

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

5.90%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Communication Disorders publishes original articles on topics related to disorders of speech, language and hearing. Authors are encouraged to submit reports of experimental or descriptive investigations (research articles), review articles, tutorials or discussion papers, or letters to the editor ("short communications"). Please note that we do not accept case studies unless they conform to the principles of single-subject experimental design. Special issues are published periodically on timely and clinically relevant topics.