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Direct linkAlm, Per A. – Brain and Language, 2006
It was hypothesized that stuttering may be related to impaired sensory gating, leading to overflow of superfluous disturbing auditory feedback and breakdown of the speech sequence. This hypothesis was tested using the "acoustic startle prepulse inhibition" (PPI) paradigm. A group of 22 adults with developmental stuttering were compared…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Inhibition, Hypothesis Testing, Adults
