Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the phonological processes exhibited by children who stutter to those exhibited by their normally fluent peers, and to relate these phonological processes to typical measures of stuttering and other speaking variables. Subject were 30 stuttering children (mean = 4 yr, 4mo) and like number of age- and sex-matched (±3 mo) normally fluent children (mean age = 4 yr, 6mo). Results indicate that the stutterers exhibited a greater number and variety of phonological processes than their normally fluent peers. Furthermore, the young stutterers also exhibited more “typical” processes than their normally fluent peers. Findings are taken to suggest that young stutterers who exhibit disordered phonology may represent a subgroup of stutterers. It is further suggested that the nature and course of remediation may be different for these children than for stutterers without disordered phonology.
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