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Articulatory Rate, Stuttering and Speech Motor Control

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Speech Motor Dynamics in Stuttering

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There is a close relation between the rate of speech and stuttering. Struggle behaviors, abnormally repeated and prolonged sounds, and other stuttering behaviors naturally slow the rate of speech. Correlations between judged severity of stuttering and speech rate have been significant —.76 (Sherman, Young, and Gough, 1958);.69 (Minifie and Cooker, 1964);.89 (Aron, 1967);.68 (Young, 1961); and.80 (Prosek, 1979). Similarly, the correlation between the frequency of stuttering behaviors and speech rate have also been significant —.88 (Bloodstein, 1944; 1974) and.86 (Sander, 1961).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University Hospital Nijmegen, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Herman F. M. Peters Ph. D.

  2. Department of Speech Pathology, University of Nijmegen, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Herman F. M. Peters Ph. D.

  3. Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Nijmegen, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Wouter Hulstijn Ph. D.

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Amster, B.J., Starkweather, C.W. (1987). Articulatory Rate, Stuttering and Speech Motor Control. In: Peters, H.F.M., Hulstijn, W. (eds) Speech Motor Dynamics in Stuttering. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6969-8_23

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