Introduction: The purpose of this study is to describe disfluencies in the speech of a Spanish-English (SE) speaking child with stuttering. The researchers are striving to understand the specific types and frequencies of disfluencies in bilingual children so they can then uncover the variations of stuttering across different languages. There is currently very little research concerning the display of stuttering in SE bilinguals, suggesting that this study is necessary. The authors of this study believe that important information has been omitted from previous studies about stuttering and bilingualism. For example, Dale (1977) conducted a study about how speech fluency can be compromised by bilingualism, but there was no information about how
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What types of disfluencies characterize the speech of an SE bilingual child who stutters?
2. What are the frequencies of occurrence of stuttering and non-stuttering like characteristics in an SE bilingual child with stuttering? (Taliancich-Klinger et al., 2013)
Research design/methods: A 6-year old Hispanic female is the one participant in this study. She is currently part of an English speaking Kindergarten class and was diagnosed with stuttering at age 3. First, the authors took measures to confirm the initial diagnosis of stuttering by collecting and analyzing language samples in both English and Spanish. The participant’s speech and language was then evaluated using several different tests such as the Contextual Probes of Articulation Competence Spanish, the Goldman Fristoe-2 Test of Articulation, and an experimental version of the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment. The participant’s caregiver was asked to complete a questionnaire about language experience and also to provide hourly information about the participant’s input and output of language. The data were collected in one hour sessions once a week in a local hospital. To analyze the data, “Each sample was coded for stuttering and non-stuttering like characteristics, types of disfluencies and percent syllables stuttered in both English and Spanish” (Taliancich-Klinger et al., …show more content…
The most frequently produced stuttering like disfluency in both languages were monosyllabic word repetitions. The two that were produced the least frequently were audible sound prolongations and sound repetitions. The most frequently used non-stuttering like disfluencies were unfinished words and revisions in both languages. The least frequent non-stuttering disfluencies were interjections and phrase repetitions. The results clearly answered the two research questions of the study. In response to the first question, the language samples were analyzed in both languages and stuttering and non-stuttering like disfluencies are clearly listed in the results section. To answer the second question, the disfluency characteristics found were further analyzed and the frequencies were presented as percentages in the results
What types of disfluencies characterize the speech of an SE bilingual child who stutters?
2. What are the frequencies of occurrence of stuttering and non-stuttering like characteristics in an SE bilingual child with stuttering? (Taliancich-Klinger et al., 2013)
Research design/methods: A 6-year old Hispanic female is the one participant in this study. She is currently part of an English speaking Kindergarten class and was diagnosed with stuttering at age 3. First, the authors took measures to confirm the initial diagnosis of stuttering by collecting and analyzing language samples in both English and Spanish. The participant’s speech and language was then evaluated using several different tests such as the Contextual Probes of Articulation Competence Spanish, the Goldman Fristoe-2 Test of Articulation, and an experimental version of the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment. The participant’s caregiver was asked to complete a questionnaire about language experience and also to provide hourly information about the participant’s input and output of language. The data were collected in one hour sessions once a week in a local hospital. To analyze the data, “Each sample was coded for stuttering and non-stuttering like characteristics, types of disfluencies and percent syllables stuttered in both English and Spanish” (Taliancich-Klinger et al., …show more content…
The most frequently produced stuttering like disfluency in both languages were monosyllabic word repetitions. The two that were produced the least frequently were audible sound prolongations and sound repetitions. The most frequently used non-stuttering like disfluencies were unfinished words and revisions in both languages. The least frequent non-stuttering disfluencies were interjections and phrase repetitions. The results clearly answered the two research questions of the study. In response to the first question, the language samples were analyzed in both languages and stuttering and non-stuttering like disfluencies are clearly listed in the results section. To answer the second question, the disfluency characteristics found were further analyzed and the frequencies were presented as percentages in the results