Knowns and unknowns about the neurobiology of stuttering

NE Neef, SE Chang - Plos Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Stuttering occurs in early childhood during a dynamic phase of brain and behavioral
development. The latest studies examining children at ages close to this critical …

Advances in understanding stuttering as a disorder of language encoding

N Bernstein Ratner, SB Brundage - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
We review accumulating evidence that implicates the language encoding and production
system in children and adults who stutter. Stuttering is unique in its onset during the most …

[HTML][HTML] Brain developmental trajectories associated with childhood stuttering persistence and recovery

HM Chow, EO Garnett, SPC Koenraads… - Developmental cognitive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 5–8% of preschool-age children,
continuing into adulthood in 1% of the population. The neural mechanisms underlying …

Exploring relationships among risk factors for persistence in early childhood stuttering

B Walsh, S Christ, C Weber - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how epidemiological and clinical factors
collectively predict whether a preschooler who is stuttering will persist or recover and to …

Consensus guidelines for the assessments of individuals who stutter across the lifespan

SB Brundage, NB Ratner, MP Boyle, K Eggers… - American journal of …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose This project sought to develop consensus guidelines for clinically meaningful,
comprehensive assessment procedures for people who stutter across the lifespan. Method …

Linguistic aspects of stuttering: Research updates on the language–fluency interface

SB Brundage, NB Ratner - Topics in Language Disorders, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Although commonly defined as a speech disorder, stuttering interacts with the
language production system in important ways. Our purpose is to summarize research …

Predicting persistent developmental stuttering using a cumulative risk approach

CM Singer, S Otieno, SE Chang, RM Jones - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how well a cumulative risk approach,
based on empirically supported predictive factors, predicts whether a young child who …

Dissecting structural connectivity of the left and right inferior frontal cortex in children who stutter

NE Neef, M Angstadt, SPC Koenraads… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Inferior frontal cortex pars opercularis (IFCop) features a distinct cerebral dominance and
vast functional heterogeneity. Left and right IFCop are implicated in developmental …

Self‐reported impact of developmental stuttering across the lifespan

JO Boyce, VE Jackson, O Van Reyk… - … Medicine & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the phenomenology of stuttering across the lifespan in the largest
prospective cohort to date. Method Participants aged 7 years and older with a history of …

Phenome risk classification enables phenotypic imputation and gene discovery in developmental stuttering

DM Shaw, HP Polikowsky, DG Pruett, HH Chen… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - cell.com
Developmental stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by disruption in the forward
movement of speech. This disruption includes part-word and single-syllable repetitions …