TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of traits associated with stuttering
AU - Subramanian, Anu
AU - Yairi, Ehud
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by research grant number RO1-DC 05210 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health; Principal Investigator: Ehud Yairi. The authors would also like to acknowledge Dr. Nicoline Ambrose for her input during all stages of this study.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Stuttering has been considered a heritable disorder since the 1930s. There have been different models of transmission that have been proposed most involving a polygenic component with or without a major locus. In spite of these models, the characteristics being transmitted are not known. This study used two different tasks-a tapping task that is thought to probe hemispheric differences and a Stroop task, which appears to create interferences in speech motor programming and/or execution. The 48 participants in this study included individuals who stutter, high risk family members and controls for each group. Results indicated that for tapping at a comfortable rate, the experimental groups were significantly different from their control groups and for tapping at a fast rate, the stuttering and high risk groups were different from each other. The results of the Stroop test were not statistically significant. Learning outcomes: Readers will learn about: (1) genetic aspects of stuttering; (2) hemispheric dominance in stuttering and high risk subjects; (3) understanding traits that may be associated with stuttering.
AB - Stuttering has been considered a heritable disorder since the 1930s. There have been different models of transmission that have been proposed most involving a polygenic component with or without a major locus. In spite of these models, the characteristics being transmitted are not known. This study used two different tasks-a tapping task that is thought to probe hemispheric differences and a Stroop task, which appears to create interferences in speech motor programming and/or execution. The 48 participants in this study included individuals who stutter, high risk family members and controls for each group. Results indicated that for tapping at a comfortable rate, the experimental groups were significantly different from their control groups and for tapping at a fast rate, the stuttering and high risk groups were different from each other. The results of the Stroop test were not statistically significant. Learning outcomes: Readers will learn about: (1) genetic aspects of stuttering; (2) hemispheric dominance in stuttering and high risk subjects; (3) understanding traits that may be associated with stuttering.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2005.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2005.12.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 16455103
AN - SCOPUS:33646160641
SN - 0021-9924
VL - 39
SP - 200
EP - 216
JO - Journal of Communication Disorders
JF - Journal of Communication Disorders
IS - 3
ER -