Developmental Stuttering in Children Who Are Hard of Hearing.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A number of studies with large sample sizes have reported lower prevalence of stuttering in children with significant hearing loss compared to children without hearing loss. This study used a parent questionnaire to investigate the characteristics of stuttering (e.g., incidence, prevalence, and age of onset) in children who are hard of hearing (CHH).

Method

Three hundred three parents of CHH who participated in the Outcomes of Children With Hearing Loss study (Moeller & Tomblin, 2015) were sent questionnaires asking about their child's history of stuttering.

Results

One hundred ninety-four parents of CHH responded to the survey. Thirty-three CHH were reported to have stuttered at one point in time (an incidence of 17.01%), and 10 children were still stuttering

SUBMITTER: Arenas RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944374 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature