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developmental stuttering

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Developmental Neuromotor Fluency

1972 - 1984

During this period, research converged on a developmental, motor-neurolinguistic model of stuttering, foregrounding the timing of phonation and the coupling with articulation and respiration, supported by replication and physiologic analyses. Parallel work highlighted distinctive neural processing patterns, including specific brain activity differences and cerebral dominance features. Clinically, fluency-shaping therapies and standardized assessment tools became central, with developmental trajectories and perceptual constraints guiding practice and outcome measurement.

Phonation timing and motor coordination: evidence that initiation/termination of phonation and the coupling of phonation with articulation and respiration underlie most stuttering patterns, supported by replication/reevaluation studies and physiologic analyses [1], [2], [8], [12].

Neurological and neural-processing patterns: stuttering shows distinct brain activity and cerebral dominance features, including EEG alpha asymmetries and brain potentials, implying neural processing differences underlying stuttering [16], [17], [11], [19].

Fluency-enhancing therapies and clinical practice: multiple investigations document delayed auditory feedback, operant fluency programs, and outcome evaluation methods shaping fluency-shaping therapies [4], [9], [20], [15].

Developmental trajectories and epidemiology: studies trace recovery rates, prevalence estimates, and developmental patterns of stuttering across school ages, highlighting natural history and demographic trends [3], [7], [13], [6].

Perceptual processing and sensory factors in stuttering: investigations into auditory masking, dichotic listening, voice onset/termination timing, and related speech processing measures illuminate perceptual constraints in stuttering [14], [19], [10].

Integrated Neurobehavioral Stuttering

1985 - 1991

Longitudinal Developmental Trajectories

1992 - 2000

Neurodevelopmental Network Stuttering

2001 - 2007

Connectivity-Driven Stuttering

2008 - 2014

Neurodevelopmental Sensorimotor Dysfluency

2015 - 2021