Temporal - Acoustic Measures in the Speech of Stutterers and Normally Nonfluent Children

Abstract

Historically more attention has been paid to adult stutterers than to young stutterers. Stuttering is a disorder of early childhood. Available data show that
approximately 75% of reported cases of the disorder develop between the second and seventh year of life (Andrews and Haris 1965). Children during this
period experience dysfluencies, some of which are similar to stuttering. Johnson refers to this period as a period of normal non-fluency. It has been difficult to
diagnose normally non-fluent children from stuttering children. Though some attempts have been made to differentially diagnose stuttering and normal nonfluency it is not yet very clear.