Dissociations among linguistic, cognitive, and auditory-motor neuroanatomical domains in children who stutter.

ABSTRACT: The onset of developmental stuttering typically occurs between 2 to 4 years of age, coinciding with a period of rapid development in speech, language, motor and cognitive domains. Previous studies have reported generally poorer performance and uneven, or "dissociated" development across speech and language domains in children who stutter (CWS) relative to children who do not stutter (CWNS) (Anderson, Pellowski, & Conture, 2005). The aim of this study was to replicate and expand previous findings by examining whether CWS exhibit dissociated development across speech-language, cognitive, and motor domains that are also reflected in measures of neuroanatomical development. Participants were 66CWS (23 females) and 53CWNS (26 females) ranging from 3 to 10 years. Standardized speech, language, c

SUBMITTER: Choo AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4880500 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature