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Decontextualized Utterances Contain More Typical and Stuttering-Like Disfluencies in Preschoolers Who Do and Do Not Stutter
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Oppenheimer, Kathleen E.; Lee, Jessica; Huang, Yi Ting; Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Stuttering-like disfluencies (SLDs) and typical disfluencies (TDs) are both more likely to occur as utterance length increases. However, longer and shorter utterances differ by more than the number of morphemes: They may also serve different communicative functions or describe different ideas. Decontextualized language, or language that…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Preschool Children, Language Fluency, Play
The Role of Selected Lexical Factors on Confrontation Naming Accuracy, Speed, and Fluency in Adults Who Do and Do Not Stutter
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Newman, Rochelle S.; Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether lexical access in adults who stutter (AWS) differs from that in people who do not stutter. Specifically, the authors examined the role of 3 lexical factors on naming speed, accuracy, and fluency: word frequency, neighborhood density, and neighborhood frequency. If stuttering results…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Stuttering, Reaction Time, Adults
Evidence-Based Practice in Stuttering: Some Questions to Consider
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2005
A recent forum in "JFD" (28/3, 2003) evaluated the status of evidence-based practice in fluency disorders, and offered recommendations for improvement. This article re-evaluates the level of support available for some popular approaches to stuttering therapy and questions the relative value placed on some types of programs endorsed by the forum.…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Educational Objectives, Language Fluency, Communication Disorders
Language Complexity and Stuttering in Children.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Topics in Language Disorders, 1995
This article evaluates the extent to which syntactic, lexical, and conversational factors can significantly predict the frequency and loci of stuttered moments in children's speech. A synthesis of the experimental and clinical evidence suggests ways in which the assessment and remediation of fluency disorders in children can be tailored to…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Difficulty Level, Evaluation
Caregiver-Child Interactions and Their Impact on Children's Fluency: Implications for Treatment
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2004
There is a relatively strong focus in the stuttering literature on the desirability of selected alterations in parental speech and language style in the management of early stuttering. In this article, the existing research support for such recommendations is evaluated, together with relevant research from the normal language acquisition…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Outcomes of Treatment, Stuttering, Parenting Styles
Measurable Outcomes of Instructions to Modify Normal Parent-Child Verbal Interactions: Implications for Indirect Stuttering Therapy.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
This study of 20 mothers and their fluent children (ages 3-5) found no significant differences between the effects of instructions to slow maternal speech rate and instructions to slow and simplify maternal speech. Children's speech rate and language complexity did not parallel maternal adjustments, which is problematic for parental involvement in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Language Fluency