A comparative study of speech disfluencies in nonstuttering black and white college athletes |
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| Affiliation: | 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey;2. CEV, Centro de Estudos da Voz, São Paulo, Brazil;3. Speech-Language Pathology, SRH University of Applied Health Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany;4. Department of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital Münster, Westphalian Wilhelm University, Münster, Germany;2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea;3. Department of Speech Rehabilitation, Choonhae College of Health Sciences, Ulsan, South Korea;4. Department of Humanities, Language and Information, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea;2. Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran;3. Department of Performing Arts, School of Performing Arts and Music, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;4. Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Communication, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio;1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbus, OH, USA, 43210;2. Sports Health and Performance Institute (SHPI) OSU Sports Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA, 43210;3. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, 43210;4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 44905;5. Departments of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 44905;6. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 44905 |
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| Abstract: | Speech samples elicited from nonstuttering black subjects and from nonstuttering white subjects were compared for degree and nature of disfluencies. Ninety-two male college athletes were screened in the areas of articulation, voice, fluency, and hearing. A 100-word conversational speech sample and a 200-word reading sample were elicited from subjects who passed the screening (28 black athletes and 29 white athletes). Both the spontaneous speech samples and the reading samples were rated for disfluency by three clinically certified speech-language pathologists. The black subjects exhibited significantly more total disfluencies in reading than did the white subjects; in terms of disfluency differences by type, the black subjects displayed significantly more word and phrase repititions. No significant differences were found between the subject groups for total disfluencies in conversation, although the white subjects did display significantly more hesitations. Grammatically, both subject groups were most disfluent on pronouns, nouns, adverbs, verbs, and adjectives, consistent with research findings on the loci of speech disfluencies. |
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