Abstract
Abstract Stuttering is a speech disorder that involves intraphonemic disruption, part-word repetitions, monosyllabic whole-word repetitions, prolongation, and silent fixations (blocks). The aim of the study was to investigate the lifestyle profile of children suffering from pathological stuttering and identify the factors that worsen or improve the condition of the child with pathological stuttering. The study sample consisted of 60 children suffering from pathological stuttering as well as their mothers or caregivers who attended the previous setting. Data were collected using two tools. The first tool was a structured questionnaire that included biosocial characteristics of the children and biosocial data of mothers. The second tool was an observation checklist developed by the researcher to observe children suffering from pathological stuttering as well as their mothers during speech therapy. It was found that 63.3% of children with stuttering were of a mean age of 8.17 ± 1.66 years. Significant difference was found between the mean age of stuttering children and their socialization skills. Significant difference was found between the mean age of stuttering children and response to treatment. From the present study it can be concluded that pathological stuttering as a disease is easy to diagnose, difficult to treat, and has many negative impacts on the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspect of the child.
Highlights
Stuttering is a speech disorder in which there is disruption in the normal flow of speech
Tool II: An observation checklist to observe school-aged children suffering from pathological stuttering and their mothers during speech therapy (Appendix)
The results of the current study are divided into three main parts as follows: (1) Part 1: Biosocial characteristics of stuttering children and their mothers/caregivers
Summary
Stuttering is a speech disorder in which there is disruption in the normal flow of speech. Disfluency includes repetitions of a sound, syllable, or word, as well as silent blocks and prolongations. Certain behaviors such as eye blinks, facial twitches, and body movements may accompany stuttering. Stuttering is a speech disorder that involves intraphonemic disruption, part-word repetitions, monosyllabic whole-word repetitions, prolongation, and silent sxations (blocks). Participants and methods The study sample consisted of 60 children suffering from pathological stuttering as well as their mothers or caregivers who attended the previous setting. The srst tool was a structured questionnaire that included biosocial characteristics of the children and biosocial data of mothers. The second tool was an observation checklist developed by the researcher to observe children suffering from pathological stuttering as well as their mothers during speech therapy
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