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- The study aimed to collect normative data on speech disfluencies in normally fluent French-speaking children aged 4, an age where 95% of children with stuttering typically start to show symptoms.
- Fifty monolingual French-speaking children participated, and analysis of their conversational speech revealed an average of 10% total disfluencies, including 2% stuttering-like and around 8% non-stuttered disfluencies.
- The findings highlight the need for language-specific normative data, as the high frequencies of disfluency could be influenced by factors particular to the French language.
Article Abstract
The aim of this study was to establish normative data on the speech disfluencies of normally fluent French-speaking children at age 4, an age at which stuttering has begun in 95% of children who stutter (Yairi & Ambrose, 2013). Fifty monolingual French-speaking children who do not stutter participated in the study. Analyses of a conversational speech sample comprising 250-550 words revealed an average of 10% total disfluencies, 2% stuttering-like disfluencies and around 8% non-stuttered disfluencies. Possible explanations for these high speech disfluency frequencies are discussed, including explanations linked to French in particular. The results shed light on the importance of normative data specific to each language.
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