Hatun Zengin-Bolatkale1, Edward G Conture1, Tedra A Walden1,2, Robin M Jones1. 1. a Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences , Vanderbilt University , Nashville , TN , USA. 2. b Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College , Vanderbilt University , Nashville , TN , USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study investigated whether sympathetic activity during a stressful speaking task was an early marker for stuttering chronicity. METHOD: Participants were 9 children with persisting stuttering, 23 children who recovered, and 17 children who do not stutter. Participants performed a stress-inducing picture-naming task and skin conductance was measured across three time points. RESULTS: Findings indicated that at the initial time point, children with persisting stuttering exhibited higher sympathetic arousal during the stressful speaking task than children whose stuttering recovered. CONCLUSIONS: Findings are taken to suggest that sympathetic activity may be an early marker of heightened risk for chronic stuttering.
PURPOSE: This study investigated whether sympathetic activity during a stressful speaking task was an early marker for stuttering chronicity. METHOD:Participants were 9 children with persisting stuttering, 23 children who recovered, and 17 children who do not stutter. Participants performed a stress-inducing picture-naming task and skin conductance was measured across three time points. RESULTS: Findings indicated that at the initial time point, children with persisting stuttering exhibited higher sympathetic arousal during the stressful speaking task than children whose stuttering recovered. CONCLUSIONS: Findings are taken to suggest that sympathetic activity may be an early marker of heightened risk for chronic stuttering.
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