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Is One Language Enough? Assessing Overt Stuttering Severity in Bilingual Children
For early bilingual children who stutter with high L2 exposure, assessing stuttering severity in one language may be sufficient.
Temperament Profiles and Their Association with Stuttering-Related Outcomes in a Clinical Cohort
Reactivity-regulation interplay shapes stuttering impact, especially in older children.
The association between self-perceived stuttering and social participation among older adults in Sweden: A population based cross-sectional study
In a large study of 8,518 adults aged 55-80, self-perceived stuttering (3.3% of men, 1.9% of women) was robustly linked to reduced social participation, even after accounting for key influencing factors.
Predicting the impact of stuttering in the school years
The impact that stuttering has on a child can be predicted to some degree by their temperament, level of anxiety and depression, age and overt stuttering, but not sex.
Attention Networks and Speech Disfluencies Among Monolingual Dutch and Bilingual Dutch-Turkish Speaking Children: A Pilot Study
Children’s disfluencies were driven mainly by task‑related cognitive load rather than attention or language dominance, with attention showing only limited influence in bilingual speakers.
Attention, Executive Functions, and Speech Disfluencies in Stuttering and Nonstuttering Individuals: A Scoping Review
Attention and EFs, particularly inhibitory control and working memory, influence speech fluency across populations.
Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Demonstrate Increased Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech but Not in Reading
Adults with ASD exhibit increased stuttering-like disfluencies and word-final disfluencies in spontaneous speech, but not during reading.
Rehabilitation and Prognosis of Speech Fluency Disorders
Book chapter on treatment of fluency disorders and prognostic aspects
Sublexical speech perception and attention networks in bilingual adults who stutter: A behavioral and electrophysiological study
Stuttering impacts nonlinguistic, nonauditory alerting and executive attention in bilingual stuttering adults.
Multilingualism, Speech Disfluencies, and Stuttering: A Scoping Review
Multilinguals show similar disfluency types, but stuttering frequency and language dominance effects differ significantly.
Disfluencies and Stuttering in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Populations
Stuttering assessment in bilinguals needs detailed, language-specific analysis to prevent misdiagnosis.
Stuttering assessment
This chapter discusses the basic aspects of the assessment of stuttering.
Basic knowledge of psychological approaches in stuttering
This chapter discusses widely-used psychological approaches in stuttering treatment.
Examining Preschoolers’ Emotion Regulation Strategies: Psychometric Properties of the Translated Dutch Early Emotion Regulation Behavior Questionnaire (EERBQ-Dutch)
How do young children regulate emotions? A new Dutch questionnaire provides answers.
Speech disfluencies and stuttering in bilingual children: diagnostical entanglements
Bilingual children’s disfluencies complicate accurate stuttering diagnosis; misdiagnosis risks persist.
Inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility in children who stutter
Stuttering linked to inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and speech disfluencies.
LE BÉGAIEMENT CHEZ LES ENFANTS D’ÂGE PRÉSCOLAIRE Quand faut-il faire appel à un logopède spécialisé?
Early intervention by specialists improves outcomes for children who stutter.
Speech disfluencies in autistic young adults and controls
Autistic individuals show more disfluencies; cognitive, linguistic factors influence speech.
Treatment for preschool age children who stutter: Protocol of a randomised, non-inferiority parallel group pragmatic trial with Mini-KIDS, social cognitive behaviour treatment and the Lidcombe Program—TreatPaCS
Comparing effectiveness of Mini-KIDS, SCBT, and Lidcombe for stuttering treatment.
Speech disfluencies in bilingual Lebanese children who do and do not stutter
Bilingual stuttering children show higher disfluency; differential diagnosis is possible.
Associations Between Social Anxiety, Physiological Reactivity, and Speech Disfluencies in Autistic Young Adults and Controls
Reactivity and anxiety linked to disfluency in controls, not autism.
Could linguistic and cognitive factors, degree of autistic traits and sex predict speech disfluencies in autistic young adults and controls?
Disfluencies influenced by cognition, syntax, and sex; impacts differ in autism.
Inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and the production of disfluencies in children who do and do not stutter
Reduced inhibitory control or cognitive flexibility contribute to more stuttering-like disfluencies.
Attention networks in multilingual adults who do and who do not stutter
Attention abilities of stuttering and non-stuttering multilinguals are similar.
Stuttering in toddlers: When should you refer to a stuttering therapist?
Early referral to a stutter therapist is key.
Delay Frustration in Children who Do and Do Not Stutter: A Preliminary Study
Stuttering children show higher frustration, linked to longer disfluencies and physical behaviors.
Exogenous verbal response inhibition in adults who do and do not stutter
Severe stuttering linked to reduced inhibition; further research needed.
Stuttering severity judgments by speech-language pathologists of bilingual children who do and do not stutter
Bilingual children who not stutter misdiagnosed due to frequent disfluencies.
Attributes that affect the choice of treatment for preschool age children who stutter: An observational study
SLP treatment choice for stuttering influenced by child, family, evidence.
Becoming an effective clinician specialized in fluency disorders
This chapter explores improving fluency clinicians' effectiveness and specialist education.
The fifth Croatia Stuttering Symposium: part III : mental health and early stuttering
Varying views on addressing stuttering's mental impact with parents.
Why early intervention is essential in preschool age children who stutter: a systematic review
Resources aid early stuttering identification, referral, and specialist-guided treatment decisions.
Identification of stuttering in bilingual Lebanese children across two presentation modes
Stuttering misidentified in multilinguals; judgments influenced by sample characteristics.
Clinical cases in dysfluency
“Clinical Cases in Dysfluency" explores assessment, management, and reflective practice.
A comprehensive analysis of speech disfluencies in autistic young adults and control young adults: Group differences in typical, stuttering-like, and atypical disfluencies
Autistic young adults' disfluencies exceed controls; broad evaluation recommended.
Considering commonalities in stuttering treatment
Focus on why treatments work, not which is the best approach.
Building resilience through Camp Dream. Speak. Live.
CampDSL builds resilience, boosts confidence, reduces stuttering's daily impact.
Complex response inhibition and cognitive flexibility in school-aged Cypriot-Greek-speaking children who stutter
Children who stutter face more challenges with response inhibition and flexibility.
Cognitive flexibility in younger and older children who stutter
Older stuttering children are slower, make more errors, indicating cognitive flexibility's role.
Temperament, anxiety, and depression in school-age children who stutter
Reactivity and self-regulation link to anxiety, depression in children who stutter
Temperament, Emotion, and Stuttering
Temperament and emotion influence developmental stuttering’s onset, persistence, and impact.
Temperamental and emotional processes
Temperament and emotional processes stuttering, and clinical implications.
Varhaisten Kielellisten Taitojen Ja Temperamentin Suhde Vanhemman Raportoimaan Lapsen Änkytseen FINNBRAIN-syntymäkohortissa
Early linguistic skills, temperament, and family history of stuttering predict fluency development.
Temperament, self-regulation and executive functioning in childhood stuttering
Temperament, self-regulation, and executive functioning play a role in stuttering.
Bilinguisme et bégaiement : revue de littérature et implications sur le diagnostic clinique
Bilingualism may increase disfluencies, complicating stuttering diagnosis in children.
Kiddycat- ja bigcat- itsearviointilomakkeiden suomennosten normatiiviset ja psykometriset ominaisuude [Finnish KiddyCAT and BigCAT differentiate stuttering individuals from fluent speakers]
Finnish KiddyCAT and BigCAT differentiate stuttering individuals from fluent speakers.
Consensus guidelines for the assessments of individuals who stutter across the lifespan
How to assess stuttering in clients.
Stawanie się efektywnym logopedą specjalizującym się w zaburzeniach płynności mowy
This chapter explores improving fluency clinicians' effectiveness and specialist education.
Temperament and the impact of stuttering in children aged 8–14 years
Child-reported temperament affects stuttering impact
Speech disfluencies in typically developing Finnish-speaking children: preliminary results
Different guidelines might be needed to distinguish disfluency from stuttering across languages.
Speech disfluencies in bilingual Yiddish-Dutch speaking children
Bilingual Yiddish-Dutch children have more disfluencies, challenging monolingual stuttering guidelines
Use of monolingual English guidelines to assess stuttering in bilingual speakers: a systematic review
Studies often misapply monolingual stuttering guidelines to multilingual individuals.
Spraakonvloeiendheden bij tweetalig Jiddisch-Nederlands-, Turks-Nederlands- en een eentalig Nederlandssprekende controlegroep
Bilingual children show higher rates of disfluencies; monolingual guidelines are inappropriate
Inventaire du contenu des traitement du bégaiement en Wallonie et en Flandre
Stuttering therapy varies by region: Flanders focuses more on stuttering modification.
Inventarisatie van de inhoud en vorm van stottertherapie in Vlaanderen en Wallonië
Stuttering therapy varies by region: Flanders focuses more on stuttering modification.
Bimanual task performance: adults who do and do not stutter
No Purdue Pegboard differences found between stuttering and non-stuttering individuals
Temperament, emotions, and executive functioning in children who stutter
Children who stutter show distinct temperament and executive functioning profiles.
Funkcje wykonawcze w jąkaniu wczesnodziecięcym : przegląd badań [Executive functioning in childhood stuttering : an overview]
Children who stutter score lower on executive functions, indicating their possible role in the development of stuttering.
Exogenously triggered response inhibition in developmental stuttering
Children who stutter perform similarly to non-stuttering children on exogenous inhibition
Spraakonvloeiendheden bij personen die niet stotteren (3-82 jaar) : invloed van geslacht en leeftijd
Sex influences the type of disfluencies, age influences frequency and type.
Темперамент и исполнительные функции у детей с заиканием : обзор исследований [Temperament and executive functioning in children with developmental stuttering: an overview.]
Children who stutter exhibit distinct temperament and executive functioning differences.
Vergelijkende studie van de fonologische vaardigheden bij kinderen die stotteren en kinderen die niet stotteren
Comparative study of phonological skills in children who stutter and children who do not stutter
Speech disfluencies in children with Down Syndrome
Children with Down syndrome stutter more, showing unique disfluency patterns
Auditory attentional set-shifting and inhibition in children who stutter
Children who stutter show reduced accuracy in attentional shifting, inhibitory control
Atypical central auditory speech-sound discrimination in children who stutter as indexed by the mismatch negativity
Children who stutter showed atypical central auditory discrimination, but typical sound encoding.
European clinical specialization in fluency disorders (ECSF): participants review the first four years
ECSF participants express high satisfaction, impacting professional development positively.
Inhibitory control in childhood stuttering
CWS, as a group, were less able to inhibit prepotent response tendencies.
Temperamental characteristics of children with developmental stuttering: from parent questionnaire to neuropsychological paradigms
Temperament and stuttering linked: attention, inhibitory control, and self-regulation differences.
The efficiency of attentional networks in children who stutter
Some attentional processes were less efficient in children who stutter.
Responsinhibitie bij volwassen personen die stotteren versus niet stotteren
Adults who stuttered showed, as a group, reduced response inhibition.
The European Clinical Specialization on Fluency Disorders (ECSF)
This paper outlines ECSF development and key decision-making processes.
Temperament dimensions in stuttering and typically developing children
Children who stutter scored lower on effortful control, higher on negative affectivity.
Therapie bij schoolgaande stotterende kinderen
Chapter on stuttering diagnosis, behavioral therapy, parent and teacher guidance.
Änkytys [Stuttering]. In P. Korpilahti, O. Aaltonen, & M. Laine (Eds.), Kieli ja aivot [Language and Brain]
Chapter on phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of stuttering.
Factorial temperament structure in stuttering, voice-disordered, and typically developing children
Underlying temperament structure is similar in stuttering, control, and voice-disordered children.








































