Short-Term Memory, Inhibition, and Attention in Developmental Stuttering: A Meta-Analysis

Ofoe, Levi C.; Anderson, Julie D.; Ntourou, Katerina

doi:10.1044/2018_jslhr-s-17-0372

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“…While a growing body of evidence implicates lower accuracy in preschool CWS and AWS compared to TFS on nonword repetition tasks (Bowers et al, 2018;Ofoe et al, 2018), the current challenge is to identify the cognitive processes related to differences in accuracy. Because nonword repetition tasks load a number of cognitive and sensorimotor processes over the course of the task, it is unclear which of these processes may be different in CWS and AWS.…”

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“…The task requires listening to and encoding the sounds, holding them in working memory, and then reproducing the sounds in the order in which they were presented. A growing body of evidence implicates load-dependent differences in nonword repetition in both children (CWS) and adults (AWS) who stutter compared to matched controls (Bowers et al, 2018;Ofoe et al, 2018). Recent studies investigating nonword repetition tasks have demonstrated overall lower performance in both preschool CWS (Spencer and Weber-Fox, 2014;Pelczarski and Yaruss, 2016) and AWS (Byrd et al, 2012(Byrd et al, , 2015(Byrd et al, , 2017(Byrd et al, , 2018Coalson and Byrd, 2017).…”

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The Application of EEG Mu Rhythm Measures to Neurophysiological Research in Stuttering

Jenson

Bowers

Hudock

et al. 2020

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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The Application of EEG Mu Rhythm Measures to Neurophysiological Research in Stuttering

Jenson

Bowers

Hudock

et al. 2020

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…However, it may be that differences in spontaneous rate are not sufficient to explain this negative mean asynchrony in individuals who stutter. Instead, it could be related to a difference in inhibitory control, which some evidence suggests is affected for both children and adults who stutter . For example, studies by Eggers et al .…”

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Adults who stutter and metronome synchronization: evidence for a nonspeech timing deficit

Sares

Deroche

Shiller

et al. 2019

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Speech timing deficits have been proposed as a causal factor in the disorder of stuttering. The question of whether individuals who stutter have deficits in nonspeech timing is one that has been revisited often, with conflicting results. Here, we uncover subtle differences in a manual metronome synchronization task that included tempo changes with adults who stutter and fluent speakers. We used sensitive circular statistics to examine both asynchrony and consistency in motor production. While both groups displayed a classic negative mean asynchrony (tapping before the beat), individuals who stutter anticipated the beat even more than their fluent peers, and their consistency was particularly affected at slow tempi. Surprisingly, individuals who stutter did not have problems with interval correction at tempo changes. We also examined the influence of music experience on synchronization behavior in both groups. While music perception and training were related to synchronization behavior in fluent participants, these correlations were not present for the stuttering group; however, one measure of stuttering severity (self‐rated severity) was negatively correlated with music training. Overall, we found subtle differences in paced auditory−motor synchronization in individuals who stutter, consistent with a timing problem extending to nonspeech.

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“…There is a growing body of evidence pointing to deficits in cognitive and metalinguistic skills in children who stutter [ 2 – 5 ]. CWS have been reported to show weaker executive function (EF; namely, phonological working memory [WM], attentional skills and inhibitory control) relative to children who do not stutter [CWNS; for a review see 6 – 11 ], with implications for fluency [ 12 , 13 ]. EF is the umbrella term used to describe the abilities needed to manage and allocate cognitive resources during cognitively challenging activities, such as switching between rules or tasks, controlling and focusing attention, ignoring distractions, and inhibiting impulses [ 11 , 14 ].…”

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Associations between stuttering, comorbid conditions and executive function in children: a population-based study

2020

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Background The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between executive function (EF), stuttering, and comorbidity by examining children who stutter (CWS) and children who do not stutter (CWNS) with and without comorbid conditions. Data from the National Health Interview Survey were used to examine behavioral manifestations of EF, such as inattention and self-regulation, in CWS and CWNS. Methods The sample included 2258 CWS (girls = 638, boys = 1620), and 117,725 CWNS (girls = 57,512; boys = 60,213). EF, and the presence of stuttering and comorbid conditions were based on parent report. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the distribution of stuttering and comorbidity across group and sex. Regression analyses were to determine the effects of stuttering and comorbidity on EF, and the relationship between EF and socioemotional competence. Results Results point to weaker EF in CWS compared to CWNS. Also, having comorbid conditions was also associated with weaker EF. CWS with comorbidity showed the weakest EF compared to CWNS with and without comorbidity, and CWS without comorbidity. Children with stronger EF showed higher socioemotional competence. A majority (60.32%) of CWS had at least one other comorbid condition in addition to stuttering. Boys who stutter were more likely to have comorbid conditions compared to girls who stutter. Conclusion Present findings suggest that comorbidity is a common feature in CWS. Stuttering and comorbid conditions negatively impact EF.

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Short-Term Memory, Inhibition, and Attention in Developmental Stuttering: A Meta-Analysis

Abstract: The present findings were taken to suggest that cognitive processes are important variables associated with developmental stuttering.

Cited by 58 publications

References 133 publications

The Application of EEG Mu Rhythm Measures to Neurophysiological Research in Stuttering

The Application of EEG Mu Rhythm Measures to Neurophysiological Research in Stuttering

Adults who stutter and metronome synchronization: evidence for a nonspeech timing deficit

Associations between stuttering, comorbid conditions and executive function in children: a population-based study

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