Fluency breaks in older speakers: Implications for a model of stuttering throughout the life cycle |
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Authors: | Walter H. Manning Karen L. Monte |
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Affiliation: | Department of Audiology and Speech Rathology, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, USA;Arlington Developmental Center, Arlington, Tennessee, USA |
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Abstract: | In order to test a model describing the occurence of fluency breaks throughout the life cycle, spontaneous speech samples of 40 nonstutterers and 4 stutterers above the age of 50 were perceptually analyzed. Fluency breaks were classified into categories of formulative or motoric breaks. The results supported research, noting an increase in formulative fluency breaks (especially fillers and interjections) for older speakers. There was, however, a significant decrease in the occurence of formulative fluency breaks during the final years of late adulthood. No change was found in the occurence of motoric fluency breaks in the nonstuttering speakers. Stuttering speakers had significantly less formulative breaks and significantly more motoric breaks than nonstuttering speakers. |
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Keywords: | Address correspondence to Walter H. Manning Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology Memphis State University 807 Jefferson Avenue Memphis TN 38105 USA. |
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