Nonword repetition and phoneme elision in adults who do and do not stutter: Vocal versus nonvocal performance differences

Conclusion Present findings suggest phonological working memory may contribute to the difficulties persons who stutter have establishing and/or maintaining fluent speech. Educational Objectives : (a) Readers can describe the role of phonological working memory in planning for and execution of speech; (b) readers can describe two experimental tasks for exploring the phonological working memory: nonword repetition and phoneme elision; (c) readers can describe how the nonword repetition and phoneme elision skills of adults who stutter differ from their typically fluent peers.
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research