Faculty Articles
Subtyping stuttering II: Contributions from language and temperament
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Fluency Disorders
ISSN
0094-730X
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract
This paper is the second in a series of two articles exploring subtypes of stuttering, and it addresses the question of whether and how language ability and temperament variables may be relevant to the study of subtypes within the larger population of children who stutter. Despite observations of varied profiles among young children who stutter, efforts to identify and characterize subtypes of stuttering have had limited influence on theoretical or clinical understanding of the disorder. This manuscript briefly highlights research on language and temperament in young children who stutter, and considers whether the results can provide guidance for efforts to more effectively investigate and elucidate subtypes in childhood stuttering. Issues from the literature that appear relevant to research on stuttering subtypes include: (a) the question of whether stuttering is best characterized as categorical or continuous; (b) interpretation of individual differences in skills and profiles; and (c) the fact that, during the preschool years, the interaction among domains such as language and temperament are changing very rapidly, resulting in large differences in developmental profiles within relatively brief chronological age periods.
Volume
32
First Page
197
Last Page
217
NSUWorks Citation
Sweery, C.,
Watkins, R.,
Mangelsdorf, S.,
Shigeto, A.
(2007). Subtyping stuttering II: Contributions
from language and temperament. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 32, 197-217.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1168