School-age children with specific language impairment produce more speech disfluencies than their peers.

Purpose: To compare the occurrence of speech disfluencies during narrative production in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and their age-matched peers.

Methods: The study included 60 children aged between 7 and 10 years, 40 with typical language development and 20 with SLI. For data collection, a series of 15 stories was used, each one represented by pictures composed of four scenes.