Relationship between Stutterers’ Genetic History and Speech-associated Variables
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The symptomatology, reading ability, anxiety levels, responsiveness to therapy, and speechmotor behavior of elementaryand high-school children who stutter and had a positive family history of stuttering were compared with those of stutterers with a negative kinship history of stuttering. The stutterers with a positive family history of stuttering differed significantly from those whose family history was negative with respect to the frequency of silent and oral prolongations and speech-motor behavior. These findings suggest that their neuromotor functioning is related to their genetic susceptibility to stuttering.
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