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Major discrimination due to stuttering and its association with quality of life 因口吃而受到的主要歧视及其与生活质量的关系

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106051

Michael P. Boyle, Madeline R. Cheyne

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Investigation of central auditory processing performance in individuals with and without stuttering 调查口吃患者和非口吃患者的中央听觉处理能力

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2024-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106048

Tuğçe Koca , Erol Belgin , Gül Ölçek

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Exploring international advances and collaborative scholarship: A preface to the Special Issue of the 2022 Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering 探索国际进步与合作学术：2022 年世界口吃与杂音联合大会特刊序言

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106049

Stacy A. Wagovich , Evan R. Usler

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How perceived communication skills needed for careers influences vocational stereotyping of people who stutter 职业所需的沟通技能如何影响对口吃患者的职业成见

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2024-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106039

Cody W. Dew , Rodney M. Gabel

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Can listeners predict whether or not a stutter follows a stretch of fluent speech? 听者能否预测在一段流利的语言之后是否会出现口吃？

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106038

Xena Liu , Peter Howell

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Attitudes toward stuttering of college students in the USA and China: A cross-cultural comparison using the POSHA-S 中美大学生对口吃的态度：使用 POSHA-S 进行跨文化比较

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106037

Yan Ma , Emmalee M. Mason , Evynn M. McGinn , Jordan Parker , Judith D. Oxley , Kenneth O. St. Louis

{"title":"Attitudes toward stuttering of college students in the USA and China: A cross-cultural comparison using the POSHA-S","authors":"Yan Ma , Emmalee M. Mason , Evynn M. McGinn , Jordan Parker , Judith D. Oxley , Kenneth O. St. Louis","doi":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2024.106037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This study compared the attitudes toward stuttering among college students in China and the USA using the <em>POSHA-S</em> survey, which assesses knowledge about stuttering and attitudes toward it. We investigated how cultural and social differences between the two groups influenced these attitudes.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We collected 199 responses to the <em>POSHA-S</em> survey from various universities in China and the USA. We conducted a statistical analysis of 15 summary scores generated from the <em>POSHA-S</em> to determine if there were significant differences in attitudes toward stuttering between the two groups. Additionally, we retrieved percentile ranks relative to the global <em>POSHA-S</em> database to compare attitudes in both groups with global median scores.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The study revealed that Chinese college students hold more negative attitudes toward stuttering compared to their American counterparts and the global median scores. We discussed the social and cultural factors that may contribute to these attitudes. Furthermore, our findings emphasized the importance of addressing the lack of accurate information about stuttering in China, which could be a key factor driving these negative attitudes.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>These results underscore the urgent need to raise awareness about stuttering and promote a shift in public attitudes, especially among college students in China, who play influential roles in society's future.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluency Disorders","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 106037"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094730X24000019/pdfft?md5=9460f60b1ac100e3ad499b9598d55985&pid=1-s2.0-S0094730X24000019-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139508600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Risk of sleep problems in a clinical sample of children who stutter 口吃儿童临床样本中出现睡眠问题的风险

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2024-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106036

Maria Clara Helena do Couto , Cristiane Moço Canhetti de Oliveira , Sandra Merlo , Patrick M. Briley , Luciana Pinato

{"title":"Risk of sleep problems in a clinical sample of children who stutter","authors":"Maria Clara Helena do Couto , Cristiane Moço Canhetti de Oliveira , Sandra Merlo , Patrick M. Briley , Luciana Pinato","doi":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106036","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>Previous studies have shown increased prevalence of sleep problems among people who stutter. However, there is a lack of knowledge about what these sleep problems may specifically be.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Fifty children who stutter (CWS) from 6;0 to 12;9 years of age and 50 age- and gender-matched controls participated in this study. Parents did not report coexisting conditions, excepting stuttering and/or sleep problems. Sleep problems were investigated using a standardized questionnaire answered by parents. The questionnaire shows cut-off scores to identify the risk of sleep problems as a whole and on each one of the six subscales (i.e., disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep; sleep breathing disorders; disorders of arousal; sleep-wake transition disorders; disorders of excessive somnolence; and sleep hyperhidrosis). Scores above the cut-off are suggestive of sleep problems.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Twenty-one CWS scored higher than the cut-off on the sleep questionnaire compared to only two controls (<em>p</em> < 0.00001). Specifically, CWS scored higher than controls in disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep, sleep-wake transition disorders (especially jerking, sleep talking, and bruxism), and disorders of excessive somnolence (<em>p</em> < 0.0083, corrected for multiple comparisons).</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>Compared to controls, CWS are at greater risk for sleep problems, which are not consequences of coexisting disorders. Present findings confirm and expand current knowledge about sleep problems in CWS. Directionality possibilities and clinical implications are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluency Disorders","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 106036"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094730X23000797/pdfft?md5=4c25a3fd02cdcaad80998e7d9b2c6145&pid=1-s2.0-S0094730X23000797-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139373056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Brain response to errors in children who stutter 口吃儿童大脑对错误的反应

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106035

Yanni Liu , Amanda Hampton Wray , Melissa Hall , Erica R. Lescht , William J. Gehring , Kate D. Fitzgerald , Soo-Eun Chang

{"title":"Brain response to errors in children who stutter","authors":"Yanni Liu , Amanda Hampton Wray , Melissa Hall , Erica R. Lescht , William J. Gehring , Kate D. Fitzgerald , Soo-Eun Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>Heightened rates of social anxiety have been reported in adults who stutter (AWS), but it is unclear whether anxiety is heightened also in children who stutter (CWS). Objective neurophysiological responses such as the error-related negativity (ERN) have been associated with anxiety, and ERN was reported to be increased in AWS. In this study, we examined whether ERN and error positivity (Pe) are increased in CWS. We further characterized ERN associations with age and anxiety in CWS relative to children who do not stutter (CWNS).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>EEG data were recorded from twenty-four CWS and twenty-four matched CWNS aged 3–9 years as they performed a Go/No-Go task. Parent-reported anxiety, and child-reported speech-associated attitude measures were collected. Linear regression models tested the effects of age, group, and their interaction, and the effects of anxiety, group, and their interaction on ERN and Pe.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Contrary to expectations, no ERN or Pe difference were observed between CWS and CWNS. However, larger ERN amplitudes were associated with older age in CWS but not CWNS, suggesting altered development of the error monitoring system in CWS. Association of Pe with anxiety also differed between groups: smaller Pe amplitudes were associated with higher level of parent-reported child anxiety in CWNS but not in CWS. Neither anxiety nor self-reported communication attitude differed between groups.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Brain responses to errors were overall comparable between CWS and CWNS. However, CWS differed in how error monitoring responses varied with age and with anxiety levels. More research is warranted to examine how these factors contribute to persistent stuttering.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluency Disorders","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 106035"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094730X23000785/pdfft?md5=7d25a0897fdbca6d64ce317f04ac6fd4&pid=1-s2.0-S0094730X23000785-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139075652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ann Packman: Reflections on a career 安·帕克曼:对事业的思考

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106034

Mark Onslow

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The Fifth Croatia Stuttering Symposium: Part I. Treatments for early stuttering 第五届克罗地亚口吃研讨会:第一部分:早期口吃的治疗。

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Journal of Fluency Disorders Pub Date : 2023-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106022

Mark Onslow , Robyn Lowe , Suzana Jelčić Jakšić , Nan Bernstein Ratner , Kristin Chmela , Valerie Lim , Stacey Sheedy

{"title":"The Fifth Croatia Stuttering Symposium: Part I. Treatments for early stuttering","authors":"Mark Onslow , Robyn Lowe , Suzana Jelčić Jakšić , Nan Bernstein Ratner , Kristin Chmela , Valerie Lim , Stacey Sheedy","doi":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>The Fifth Croatia Stuttering Symposium in 2022 continued the Fourth Croatia Stuttering Symposium 2019 theme of the connection between research and clinical practice. At the 2022 Symposium, there were 145 delegates from 21 countries. This paper documents the contents of the first of three Symposium modules.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The module topic was that three treatments for early childhood stuttering are supported by randomized controlled trial evidence. A clinical situation was considered where a parent of a 3-year-old child asked what results to expect of stuttering treatment.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A distinguished scholar presented a 5-minute video interpretation of the research concerning the randomized controlled trial evidence for the three treatments. Three master clinicians then each presented a 2-minute video demonstration of how those research findings might be applied in a clinical situation. Following that, the convenors moderated a discussion between the distinguished scholar, master clinicians, and delegates regarding the research and how it applies to clinical practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluency Disorders","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 106022"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094730X23000657/pdfft?md5=75a2ee06aa16aa6b6fd5ca8f571188d6&pid=1-s2.0-S0094730X23000657-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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