C_S_D 4210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stuttering Therapy, Westron, Language Delay
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This area of research is evolving in very interesting ways. Historically, many studies revealed deficits in language skills for children who stutter. Historically, studies determined that preschool age children who stutter were more likely to show language delay than nonstuttering peers but, most tended to catch up . On standardized tests of language (preschool language scale) and with language sample data (mlu, ttr), studies historically showed that preschool children who stutter often demonstrated depressed language abilities, but not often below the average range jj. For both areas, by elementary school, many of these children were expected to catch up on language performance. However, now we are beginning to understand that many of these studies have been methodically flawed. Many studies only tested subjects well after the onset of stuttering. These children likely had already developed avoidances of language content for the sake of fluency (circumlocution), thereby depressing their scores.
