Speech disfluencies in typically developing Finnish-speaking children – preliminary results

Jansson-Verkasalo, Eira; Silvén, Maarit; Lehtiö, I; Eggers, Kurt

doi:10.1080/02699206.2020.1818287

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“…The distribution of TDs that were prominent in the sample was mostly compatible with the distributions previously reported for other languages (Carlo and Watson, 2003;Jansson-Verkasalo, Silvén, Lehtiö and Eggers, 2020;Tumanova, Conture, Lambert and Walden, 2014). Strikingly, however, interjections were the most frequent type of disfluency, and they were more common in the six-year-old age group (2.56%) than in the four-and five-year-old age groups.…”

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confidence: 87%

Türkçe konuşan okul öncesi çocukların konuşma akıcısızlığı tipleri ve frekanslarının belirlenmesi: Ön çalışma

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2022

J Early Child Stu

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Akıcılık bozukluklarının ayırıcı tanısında tipik akıcısızlıklar ve kekemelik benzeri akıcısızlıkları değerlendirirken dile özgü normları dikkate almak önem arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmada, anadili Türkçe olan, tipik gelişim gösteren çocukların, tipik akıcısızlık ve kekemeliğe ilişkin akıcısızlık tiplerine ilişkin ön normatif bulguların sunulması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmaya 4-6 yaş arası, 27 kız ve 27 erkek, toplam 54 çocuk katılmıştır. Çocuklardaki dil gelişiminin taraması, Türkçe İfade Edici ve Alıcı Dil Testi (TİFALDİ) ve klinik değerlendirme ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çocuklardan doğal konuşma ve resim anlatma esnasında video örnekleri alınmış ve hece temelli bir hesaplama yapılmıştır. Tüm grubun akıcısızlık yüzdesinin doğal konuşmada %3,89 ve resim anlatmada %3,51 olduğu görülmüştür. Doğal konuşmada ve resim anlatmada en sık görülen akıcısızlıklar doldurucular ve revizyonlardır. Toplam akıcısızlık yüzdesi en yüksek yaş grubu 6 yaş grubudur ve tüm grupta erkekler daha fazla akıcısızlık sergilemektedir.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Türkçe konuşan okul öncesi çocukların konuşma akıcısızlığı tipleri ve frekanslarının belirlenmesi: Ön çalışma

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2022

J Early Child Stu

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“…(2018), we also found a substantial amount of disfluency in both groups (> 10%), which suggest that French‐speaking children have a high rate of disfluency. The current study, however, was conducted among children who were older than previous studies (French‐speaking children aged 4 years old, Leclercq et al., 2018; Spanish‐speaking children aged 3–5 years old, Carlos & Watson, 2003; Finnish‐speaking children aged 2–9 years old, Jansson‐Verkasalo et al., 2021). This suggests that disfluency rates are quite stable across age groups, which was reinforced by a lack of correlation between disfluency and age in our study.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Indeed, the stability of the disfluency patterns across age could also be due to the age range used in the current study. Conducting similar analyses on a larger sample of participants (starting from 2 years old, as in Jansson‐Verkasalo et al., 2021, to adulthood) would allow a better understanding of how each disfluency evolves over time. In particular, one could predict that SLD decrease with age, while other phenomena, known to reflect stalling tactics and speech management strategies (i.e., filled pauses; Clark & Fox Tree, 2002) increase with age.…”

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Speech disfluencies in children with developmental dyslexia: How do they differ from typical development?

Pistono,

Maziero,

Chaix

et al. 2023

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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BackgroundDisfluency is a multifactorial concept that can be linked to several of the language production levels, in both typical and atypical populations. In children, the language system is still developing and few studies have explored disfluency patterns. In typical development (TD), in particular, studies have shown discrepancies according to the language being considered. In neurodevelopmental disorders, such as developmental dyslexia (DD), it is still unclear whether the pattern of disfluency is similar to TD.AimsTo analyse the type of disfluency and their evolution in French children aged 8–12 years. Also to compare the pattern of disfluency in DD and TD, and to test whether disfluencies were correlated with reading difficulties.Methods & ProceduresA total of 25 children with DD and 21 children with TD aged 8–12.6 years produced an autobiographical narrative. Seven types of disfluencies were coded: part‐word repetitions; repetitions of monosyllabic words; other types of repetitions (words and phrases); filled pauses; revisions—substitutions; revisions—additions; and abandoned utterances. We compared the proportion of each disfluency in DD and TD. Spearman correlations were then performed between disfluencies, reading performance and age.Outcomes & ResultsThe results showed that both DD and TD children mainly produced filled pauses, repetitions of monosyllabic words and substitutions. Both groups displayed a high rate of disfluency (> 10%). No correlations with age were found. Correlations with reading performance were significant in the TD group only.Conclusions & ImplicationsThe study showed that DD is not characterized by a specific pattern of disfluency. Additionally, disfluency rates were similar in children aged 8–12 years. In contrast to other languages, the current study suggests that French‐speaking children have a high rate of disfluency. The study also suggests that disfluency should be interpreted with caution in DD, given that TD children also have a high rate of disfluency. Therefore, it seems important to adapt the pathological threshold of disfluency to the language being spoken in order to avoid an overestimation of the prevalence of these deficits in French‐speaking children.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDSWhat is already known on this subject TD children produce a high rate of disfluency, which is also influenced by the language being spoken. No study looked at the effect of DD on disfluency production. Nonetheless, problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience may impact lexical development and speech fluency.What this paper adds to the existing knowledge In our study, both groups (French‐speaking children) produced a substantial amount of disfluency as compared with other languages (> 10%). Additionally, the pattern of disfluency was similar in TD and DD (namely, filled pauses, prolongations repetitions of monosyllabic words and substitutions). In the DD group, disfluency production was not correlated with reading performance.What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? These results indicate that it is crucial to consider the language being spoken when examining disfluency in order to avoid an overestimation of language difficulties in some languages, such as in French. Moreover, the production of disfluencies in DD should not be considered as language dysfunction since the pattern of disfluency what quite similar in TD and DD, and did not correlate with their reading difficulties.

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“…[43,44]), and the languages spoken (c.f. [45]). In addition, methodological issues, such as small samples of individuals with Down syndrome (e.g., N = 28 in [46]; N = 26 in [27]; N = 1 in [47]; N = 5 in [48]) or the wide age range of the participants, may have impacted the results.…”

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The Association between Difficulties with Speech Fluency and Language Skills in a National Age Cohort of Children with Down Syndrome

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The present study (a) addressed difficulties in speech fluency in children with Down syndrome and typically developing children at a similar non-verbal level and (b) examined the association between difficulties with speech fluency and language skills in children with Down syndrome. Data from a cross-sectional parent survey that included questions about children’s difficulties with speech fluency, as well as clinical tests from a national age cohort of 43 six-year-olds with Down syndrome and 57 young typically developing children, were collected. Fisher’s exact test, Student’s t-test, linear regression, and density ellipse scatter plots were used for analysis. There was a significantly higher occurrence of parent-reported difficulties with speech fluency in the children with Down syndrome. Higher language scores were significantly associated with a lower degree of difficulties; this association was strongest for vocabulary and phonological skills. Although difficulties with speech fluency were not reported for all children with Down syndrome, a substantially higher occurrence of such difficulties was reported compared to that for typically developing children. The significant association between difficulties with speech fluency and the level of language functioning suggests that speech fluency and language skills should be taken into consideration when planning treatment for children with Down syndrome.

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Speech disfluencies in typically developing Finnish-speaking children – preliminary results

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Türkçe konuşan okul öncesi çocukların konuşma akıcısızlığı tipleri ve frekanslarının belirlenmesi: Ön çalışma

Türkçe konuşan okul öncesi çocukların konuşma akıcısızlığı tipleri ve frekanslarının belirlenmesi: Ön çalışma

Speech disfluencies in children with developmental dyslexia: How do they differ from typical development?

The Association between Difficulties with Speech Fluency and Language Skills in a National Age Cohort of Children with Down Syndrome

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