{"title":"Factors Associated With Negative Attitudes Toward Speaking in Preschool-Age Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter.","authors":"S. Groner, T. Walden, Robin M. Jones","doi":"10.1044/CICSD_43_F_255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/CICSD_43_F_255","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE\u0000This study explored relations between the negativity of children's speech-related attitudes as measured by the Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children Who Stutter (KiddyCAT; Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 2007) and (a) age; (b) caregiver reports of stuttering and its social consequences; (c) types of disfluencies; and (d) standardized speech, vocabulary, and language scores.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHOD\u0000Participants were 46 preschool-age children who stutter (CWS; 12 females, 34 males) and 66 preschool-age children who do not stutter (CWNS; 35 females, 31 males). After a conversation, children completed standardized tests and the KiddyCAT while their caregivers completed scales on observed stuttering behaviors and their consequences.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The KiddyCAT scores of both the CWS and the CWNS were significantly negatively correlated with age. Both groups' KiddyCAT scores increased with higher scores on the Speech Fluency Rating Scale of the Test of Childhood Stuttering (Gillam, Logan, & Pearson, 2009). Repetitions were a significant contributor to the CWNS's KiddyCAT scores, but no specific disfluency significantly contributed to the CWS's KiddyCAT scores. Greater articulation errors were associated with higher KiddyCAT scores in the CWNS. No standardized test scores were associated with KiddyCAT scores in the CWS.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Attitudes that speech is difficult are not associated with similar aspects of communication for CWS and CWNS. Age significantly contributed to negative speech attitudes for CWS, whereas age, repetitions, and articulation errors contributed to negative speech attitudes for CWNS.","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"43 1","pages":"255-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57641994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Associated With Negative Attitudes Toward Speaking in Preschool-Age Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter.","authors":"Stephen Groner, Tedra Walden, Robin Jones","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study explored relations between the negativity of children's speech-related attitudes as measured by the Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children Who Stutter (KiddyCAT; Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 2007) and (a) age; (b) caregiver reports of stuttering and its social consequences; (c) types of disfluencies; and (d) standardized speech, vocabulary, and language scores.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 46 preschool-age children who stutter (CWS; 12 females, 34 males) and 66 preschool-age children who do not stutter (CWNS; 35 females, 31 males). After a conversation, children completed standardized tests and the KiddyCAT while their caregivers completed scales on observed stuttering behaviors and their consequences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The KiddyCAT scores of both the CWS and the CWNS were significantly negatively correlated with age. Both groups' KiddyCAT scores increased with higher scores on the Speech Fluency Rating Scale of the Test of Childhood Stuttering (Gillam, Logan, & Pearson, 2009). Repetitions were a significant contributor to the CWNS's KiddyCAT scores, but no specific disfluency significantly contributed to the CWS's KiddyCAT scores. Greater articulation errors were associated with higher KiddyCAT scores in the CWNS. No standardized test scores were associated with KiddyCAT scores in the CWS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Attitudes that speech is difficult are not associated with similar aspects of communication for CWS and CWNS. Age significantly contributed to negative speech attitudes for CWS, whereas age, repetitions, and articulation errors contributed to negative speech attitudes for CWNS.</p>","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"43 ","pages":"255-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627653/pdf/nihms859785.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35426005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expressive Language Intratest Scatter of Preschool-Age Children Who Stutter.","authors":"Ryan A Millager, E. Conture, T. Walden, E. Kelly","doi":"10.1044/CICSD_41_S_110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/CICSD_41_S_110","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess intratest scatter (variability) on standardized tests of expressive language by preschool-age children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS). METHOD Participants were 40 preschool-age CWS and 46 CWNS. Between-group comparisons of intratest scatter were made based on participant responses to the Expressive subtest of the Test of Early Language Development - 3 (TELD-Exp; Hresko, Reid, & Hamill, 1999) and the Expressive Vocabulary Test 2 (EVT-2; Williams, 2007). Within-group correlational analyses between intratest scatter and stuttering frequency and severity were also conducted for CWS. RESULTS Findings indicated that, for CWS, categorical scatter on the EVT-2 was positively correlated with their stuttering frequency. No significant between-group differences in intratest scatter were found on the TELD-Exp or the EVT-2. CONCLUSIONS Consistent with earlier findings, variability in speech-language performance appears to be related to CWS' stuttering, a finding taken to suggest an underlying cognitive-linguistic variable (e.g., cognitive load) may be common to both variables.","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"41 1","pages":"110-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57641980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ryan A Millager, Edward G Conture, Tedra A Walden, Ellen M Kelly
{"title":"Expressive Language Intratest Scatter of Preschool-Age Children Who Stutter.","authors":"Ryan A Millager, Edward G Conture, Tedra A Walden, Ellen M Kelly","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to assess intratest scatter (variability) on standardized tests of expressive language by preschool-age children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 40 preschool-age CWS and 46 CWNS. Between-group comparisons of intratest scatter were made based on participant responses to the Expressive subtest of the <i>Test of Early Language Development - 3</i> (TELD-Exp; Hresko, Reid, & Hamill, 1999) and the <i>Expressive Vocabulary Test 2</i> (EVT-2; Williams, 2007). Within-group correlational analyses between intratest scatter and stuttering frequency and severity were also conducted for CWS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicated that, for CWS, categorical scatter on the EVT-2 was positively correlated with their stuttering frequency. No significant between-group differences in intratest scatter were found on the TELD-Exp or the EVT-2.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Consistent with earlier findings, variability in speech-language performance appears to be related to CWS' stuttering, a finding taken to suggest an underlying cognitive-linguistic variable (e.g., cognitive load) may be common to both variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"41 ","pages":"110-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266111/pdf/nihms641781.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32917017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Courtney L Wills, Gilson J Capilouto, Heather Harris Wright
{"title":"Attention and Off-Topic Speech in the Recounts of Middle-Age and Elderly Adults: A Pilot Investigation.","authors":"Courtney L Wills, Gilson J Capilouto, Heather Harris Wright","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PURPOSE: The discourse of healthy older adults is commonly described as being lengthy and off-topic and is thought to be associated with a general cognitive decline that accompanies healthy aging. The purpose of this preliminary study was to investigate the overall decline in attention associated with healthy aging and its relationship to instances of off-topic speech (OTS). METHOD: Thirty cognitively healthy adults divided into 5 age cohorts (40-80) completed cognitive measures of attention and several discourse tasks that included recounting personal events. RESULTS: Cohorts differed significantly with respect to the measures of attention. However, no significant differences in the incidence of OTS were detected between the cohorts. Attention and the incidence of OTS were not significantly correlated within any of the cohorts. CONCLUSION: No significant differences in the incidence of OTS and its relation to attention measures were found. However, the relationship between age-related declines in attention and increased OTS approached significance, suggesting the need for further study.</p>","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"39 ","pages":"105-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571724/pdf/nihms436992.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31247707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attention and Off-Topic Speech in the Recounts of Middle-Age and Elderly Adults: A Pilot Investigation.","authors":"C. L. Wills, G. Capilouto, H. Wright","doi":"10.1044/CICSD_39_F_105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/CICSD_39_F_105","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE: The discourse of healthy older adults is commonly described as being lengthy and off-topic and is thought to be associated with a general cognitive decline that accompanies healthy aging. The purpose of this preliminary study was to investigate the overall decline in attention associated with healthy aging and its relationship to instances of off-topic speech (OTS). METHOD: Thirty cognitively healthy adults divided into 5 age cohorts (40-80) completed cognitive measures of attention and several discourse tasks that included recounting personal events. RESULTS: Cohorts differed significantly with respect to the measures of attention. However, no significant differences in the incidence of OTS were detected between the cohorts. Attention and the incidence of OTS were not significantly correlated within any of the cohorts. CONCLUSION: No significant differences in the incidence of OTS and its relation to attention measures were found. However, the relationship between age-related declines in attention and increased OTS approached significance, suggesting the need for further study.","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"1 1","pages":"105-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57641961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Some Contemporary Theories of Stuttering That Apply to Spontaneous Speech.","authors":"Peter Howell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article, a selection of theoretical approaches about stuttering is examined. One way of characterizing theories is in terms of whether the problem of stuttering arises at the linguistic or motor levels or in the interaction between the two. A second contrast between theories is in terms of whether they link production together with perception (linked theories, e.g., the covert repair hypothesis) or they consider that the production system works independent of perception (autonomous theories, e.g., EXPLAN). It is argued that many features of stuttering can be explained in an autonomous production model in which the problem arises at the point where linguistic and motor processes interact.</p>","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"31 ","pages":"122-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2231590/pdf/nihms-983.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27251058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Some Contemporary Theories of Stuttering That Apply to Spontaneous Speech.","authors":"P. Howell","doi":"10.1044/CICSD_31_S_123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/CICSD_31_S_123","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, a selection of theoretical approaches about stuttering is examined. One way of characterizing theories is in terms of whether the problem of stuttering arises at the linguistic or motor levels or in the interaction between the two. A second contrast between theories is in terms of whether they link production together with perception (linked theories, e.g., the covert repair hypothesis) or they consider that the production system works independent of perception (autonomous theories, e.g., EXPLAN). It is argued that many features of stuttering can be explained in an autonomous production model in which the problem arises at the point where linguistic and motor processes interact.","PeriodicalId":87584,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary issues in communication science and disorders : CICSD","volume":"31 1","pages":"122-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57641944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}