Stuttering and bilingualism

Borsel, John Van; Maes, Elise; Foulon, Sofie

doi:10.1016/s0094-730x(01)00098-5

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“…Conclusion: Results demonstrate that the disfluent speech of bilingual SE children should be carefully considered relative to the complex nature of bilingualism. R esearchers and clinicians alike have long debated cross-linguistic issues that may distinguish bilingual children who do and do not stutter from their monolingual fluent and disfluent peers (e.g., Finn & Cordes, 1997;Roberts & Shenker, 2007;Van Borsel, Maes, & Foulon, 2001). The recurring theme continues to be the critical need for empirically based reports of the speech disfluencies produced by bilinguals in each of their two languages (for discussion, see Tetnowski, Richels, Shenker, Sisskin, & Wolk, 2012).…”

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The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

Byrd

Bedore

Ramos

2015

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Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and types of speech disfluencies that are produced by bilingual Spanish-English (SE) speaking children who do not stutter. The secondary purpose was to determine whether their disfluent speech is mediated by language dominance and/or language produced. Method: Spanish and English narratives (a retell and a tell in each language) were elicited and analyzed relative to the frequency and types of speech disfluencies produced. These data were compared with the monolingual English-speaking guidelines for differential diagnosis of stuttering.Results: The mean frequency of stuttering-like speech behaviors in the bilingual SE participants ranged from 3% to 22%, exceeding the monolingual English standard of 3 per 100 words. There was no significant frequency difference in stuttering-like or non-stuttering-like speech disfluency produced relative to the child's language dominance. There was a significant difference relative to the language the child was speaking; all children produced significantly more stutteringlike speech disfluencies in Spanish than in English. Conclusion: Results demonstrate that the disfluent speech of bilingual SE children should be carefully considered relative to the complex nature of bilingualism.

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The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

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Bedore

Ramos

2015

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“…To date, however, there is a dearth of systematic study examining the potential connections among these variables in languages other than English, including Spanish. Bernstein Ratner, 2004;Boey, Wuyts, Van de Heyning, De Bodt, & Heylen, 2007;Carias & Ingram, 2006;Centeno, Anderson, & Obler, 2007;Roberts & Shenker, 2007;Van Borsel, Maes, & Foulon, 2001). Crosslinguistic comparisons have the potential to reveal common characteristics and underlying attributes of stuttering, as well as to provide insights into the fundamental connections between stuttering and linguistic aspects of the languages.…”

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Effects of Length, Complexity, and Grammatical Correctness on Stuttering in Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children

Watson

Byrd

Carlo

2011

Am J Speech Lang Pathol

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Purpose: To explore the effects of utterance length, syntactic complexity, and grammatical correctness on stuttering in the spontaneous speech of young, monolingual Spanishspeaking children. Method: Spontaneous speech samples of 11 monolingual Spanish-speaking children who stuttered, ages 35 to 70 months, were examined. Mean number of syllables, total number of clauses, utterance complexity (i.e., containing no clauses, simple clauses, or subordinate and /or conjoined clauses), and grammatical correctness (i.e., the presence or absence of morphological and syntactical errors) in stuttered and fluent utterances were compared. Results: Findings revealed that stuttered utterances in Spanish tended to be longer and more often grammatically incorrect, and contain more clauses, including more subordinate and /or conjoined clauses. However, when controlling for the interrelatedness of syllable number and clause number and complexity, only utterance length and grammatical incorrectness were significant predictors of stuttering in the spontaneous speech of these Spanish-speaking children. Use of complex utterances did not appear to contribute to the prediction of stuttering when controlling for utterance length. Conclusions:Results from the present study were consistent with many earlier reports of English-speaking children. Both length and grammatical factors appear to affect stuttering in Spanish-speaking children. Grammatical errors, however, served as the greatest predictor of stuttering.

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“…Although stuttering in bilinguals is an area of interest to both clinicians and researchers, data on bilingualism and stuttering are scanty [1].…”

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Assessment of Severity of Stuttering in Native Versus Foreign Language in Secondary (Late) Bilingual Children

Mamdoh

Gomaa

2015

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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The present study was conducted to investigate the severity of stuttering in native versus foreign language in secondary (late) bilingual children. The speech sample of 31 children with stuttering (age ranges 10 years, 1 month to 11 years, 8 months old) speaking in their first Arabic as a (native) language and acquired second English (foreign) language in the KG1 Class of school around the age of 4 years as secondary (late) bilinguals. The speech samples were recorded using Sony MHC-E60X mini Hi Fi component cassette with a fixed distance 15 cm between the speaker and the recorder. The severity of stuttering is assessed using Arabic version of stuttering severity index (A-SSI). The results indicate that there is a significant correlation between stuttering severity in both languages, being more severe in English (foreign) language than in Arabic (native) language.

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Stuttering and bilingualism

Cited by 76 publications

References 35 publications

The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

Effects of Length, Complexity, and Grammatical Correctness on Stuttering in Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children

Assessment of Severity of Stuttering in Native Versus Foreign Language in Secondary (Late) Bilingual Children

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