Stutter-free and stutter-filled speech signals and their role in stuttering amelioration for English speaking adults

Kalinowski, Joseph; Dayalu, Vikram N.; Stuart, Andrew; Rastatter, Michael P.; Rami, Manish K.

doi:10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01509-3

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“…Stuttering can be substantially reduced (i.e., ∼55%-70%) when reading while listening to speech that is not linguistically matched to the speech being produced. Exogenous speech signals that have proven effective for this purpose include fluent speech and stuttered speech, continuous vowels, and dynamic vowel trains (Kalinowski, Dayalu, Stuart, Rastatter, & Rami, 2000), intermittent vowels , reversed stuttered speech (Kalinowski, Saltuklaroglu, Guntupalli, & Stuart, 2004), temporally expanded speech (Guntupalli, Kalinowski, Saltuklaroglu, & Nanjundeswaran, 2005), and even sine wave analogs of speech (Saltuklaroglu & Kalinowski, 2006). Furthermore, simply viewing another person silently mouth the same material also inhibits stuttering by ∼70% (Kalinowski, Stuart, Rastatter, Snyder, & Dayalu, 2000), demonstrating that this phenomenon is not limited to the acoustic domain.…”

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The Inhibition of Stuttering Via the Perceptions and Production of Syllable Repetitions

Saltuklaroglu

Kalinowski

2011

International Journal of Neuroscience

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In contrast to most therapeutic protocols for stuttering that induce fluency while producing speech targets, we investigated the possibility of inducing "carry-over" fluency prior to normal speech production. Ten adults who stutter read 7-12 syllable phrases after actively producing (via shadowing) or passively listening to: (a) repeating syllables, matched to the initial syllable of the target utterance; (b) repeating syllables, not matched to the initial syllable of the target; (c) nonrepeating syllables; and (d) fricative /noise-like acoustic signals. Relative to baseline, all active syllabic conditions produced approximately 70% inhibition (reduction) of stuttering in the ensuing target utterances, which is attributed to carry-over from fluent shadowing. The most robust passive inhibition (56%) resulted from listening to matched repeating syllables. These findings further sustain that a perception-production link in speech, possibly resulting from mirror neuron activity, can facilitate the inhibition of stuttering. However, in this study we further demonstrate gestural and temporal flexibility of this mechanism, showing that this inhibitory strategy may be enacted prior to producing speech targets. We discuss possible clinical implications and draw comparisons between core stuttering behaviors (i.e., repetitions and prolongations) and behavioral therapeutic strategies (e.g., slowed speech, preparatory sets) used to inhibit or eliminate stuttering.

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The Inhibition of Stuttering Via the Perceptions and Production of Syllable Repetitions

Saltuklaroglu

Kalinowski

2011

International Journal of Neuroscience

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“…It has been recently hypothesized that people who stutter exhibit overt stuttering moments in an attempt to overcome an involuntary block [35] . These overt behaviors are considered as symptoms of the underlying pathology and possess some ameliorative capacity.…”

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Stuttering Frequency on Meaningful and Nonmeaningful Words in Adults Who Stutter

Dayalu

Kalinowski²,

Stuart³

2005

Folia Phoniatr Logop

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Previous research has suggested that word meaning can influence the loci and frequency of stuttering moments. Based on this proposition, it was hypothesized that people who stutter will exhibit a larger proportion of stuttering moments on meaningful words when compared to nonmeaningful or nonsense words. In order to test this hypothesis, stuttering frequency was examined among 9 English-speaking adults who stutter as they read a total of 126 words that were either meaningful or nonmeaningful in nature. The results indicated that approximately 117% more stuttering moments were recorded on nonmeaningful words when compared to meaningful words and this difference was statistically significant (p = 0.01). These findings challenge the notion that word meaning can be considered as a reliable predictor of stuttering frequency.

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“…Thus, he suggests that no additional training is required to reduce the internal manifestations of the disorder. However, the origin of stuttering is thought to be a central involuntary block, though its true origin and physiological nature remains unknown (Kalinowski et al 2000). Numerous neuroimaging studies have found stuttering to be associated with increased activity in motor regions such as the supplementary motor area and superior lateral premotor cortex with right lateralization (Fox et al 1996), left anterior cingulate and inferior prefrontal cortex (De Nil et al 2000), right frontal operculum , fronto-motor areas, parietal, temporal, limbic and insular areas of the right hemisphere .…”

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The need for self‐report data in the assessment of stuttering therapy efficacy: repetitions and prolongations of speech. The stuttering syndrome

Guntupalli

Kalinowski

Saltuklaroglu

2006

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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Stutter-free and stutter-filled speech signals and their role in stuttering amelioration for English speaking adults

Cited by 31 publications

References 17 publications

The Inhibition of Stuttering Via the Perceptions and Production of Syllable Repetitions

The Inhibition of Stuttering Via the Perceptions and Production of Syllable Repetitions

Stuttering Frequency on Meaningful and Nonmeaningful Words in Adults Who Stutter

The need for self‐report data in the assessment of stuttering therapy efficacy: repetitions and prolongations of speech. The stuttering syndrome

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