Attentional functions in speech fluency disorders

Attentional functions in speech fluency disorders.

This study focused on attentional functions in fluency disorders. Nine persons who stuttered, eight persons who cluttered, and nine fluent controls, executed a set of attention tasks while psychophysiological indices of activation (heart rate variability and skin conductance) were recorded. The results indicated that the stutter group had a significantly longer response time on the Posner Test ...

Recognition and Classification Of Speech And Its Related Fluency Disorders

Speech is an integral part of communication. Speech disorder is a problem with fluency, voice, and or how a person produces a speech sound. The main focus of this study is to identify the difference between normal and disordered speech. The proposed work classifies the normal and abnormal speech. The experimental investigation elucidated MFCC and DTW with the accuracy rate of 88 % and 75% respe...

The Pathogenesis, Assessment and Treatment of Speech Fluency Disorders.

BACKGROUND Approximately 1% of children and adolescents, 0.2% of women, and 0.8% of men suffer from stuttering, and lesser numbers from cluttering. Persistent speech fluency disorders often cause lifelong problems in communication and social participation. METHODS In an interdisciplinary, evidence and consensus based clinical practice guideline, the current understanding of the nature, identi...

Fluency Disorders

Fluency disorders in genetic syndromes.

UNLABELLED The characteristics of various genetic syndromes have included "stuttering" as a primary symptom associated with that syndrome. Specifically, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Tourette syndrome, Neurofibromatosis type I, and Turner syndrome all list "stuttering" as a characteristic of that syndrome. An extensive review of these syndromes indicated clients diag...