Perceptual and Motor Skills · 2000 · 31 citations · 21 references
Health ProfessionsPsychologySpeech-language PathologyChild DevelopmentPediatric AudiologyPediatric Speech-language PathologyAuditory MaskingCentral Auditory Processing In ChildrenChildhood Fluency DisordersChildhood StutteringHearing ImpairmentHearing LossAssessment Of Childhood StutteringCentral Auditory Processing ChangesCentral Auditory Processing DeclineMasking ThresholdsPediatric Central Auditory Processing AssessmentStuttering In Preschool ChildrenStuttering PredictorsThresholds
The fluency of people who stutter is affected markedly when auditory feedback is altered, suggesting that stuttering may be associated with hearing. Peripheral hearing problems, however, are no more common in people who stutter than in those who do not. Performance was investigated in a task that involves central auditory processing (backward masking). Children who stuttered had deficits in backward masking (indicated by higher thresholds) compared with a group of fluent control children. The backward-masking thresholds were positively correlated with frequency of stuttering.
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