Disfluencies in Children (3-4 Years)

Abstract

To differentiate normally nonfluent children from stuttering children, a knowledge of development of fluency is essential. In this study an attempt has
been made to evaluate the disfluencies of 12 Kannada speaking normal children between three to four years (two each in two month interval belonging to middle
socio-economic class). A minimum of half an hour speech sample was elicited from all children using different tasks (picture description, conversation, rhymes
and story telling).