ArticleBrain and language2015
Evidence for a rhythm perception deficit in children who stutter.
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- Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Large-scale genome-wide analyses of stuttering.Nature genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Hand Preference in Stuttering: Meta-Analyses.Neuropsychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Temporal Expectancy on Motor Control and Cognitive Processes Supporting Speech Production.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Risk factors and assessment methods for screening childhood-onset fluency disorders: a scoping review.CoDAS · 2026Article
- Differential contribution of working memory to auditory rhythm discrimination in stuttering and nonstuttering adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Challenges and Opportunities in Characterizing the Genetics of Stuttering: From Sample Acquisition to Functional Interpretation of the Genome.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025Review
- Stuttering: Our Current Knowledge, Research Opportunities, and Ways to Address Critical Gaps.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Review
- Subtle Patterns of Altered Responsiveness to Delayed Auditory Feedback during Finger Tapping in People Who Stutter.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Dissecting structural connectivity of the left and right inferior frontal cortex in children who stutter.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2023Article
- A Preliminary Study of Speech Rhythm Differences as Markers of Stuttering Persistence in Preschool-Age Children.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023Article
- Exploring individual differences in musical rhythm and grammar skills in school-aged children with typically developing language.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Auditory rhythm discrimination in adults who stutter: An fMRI study.Brain and language · 2023Article
- Rhythmic tapping difficulties in adults who stutter: A deficit in beat perception, motor execution, or sensorimotor integration?PloS one · 2023Article
- Effect of an Auditory Temporal Training Program on Speech Fluency of Children with Developmental Stuttering.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2023Article
- Genome-wide association study of musical beat synchronization demonstrates high polygenicity.Nature human behaviour · 2022Article
- Rhythm Perception, Speaking Rate Entrainment, and Conversational Quality: A Mediated Model.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2022Article
- Coordination of voice, hands and feet in rhythm and beat performance.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- On the Role of Neural Oscillations Across Timescales in Speech and Music Processing.Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2022Review
- Efficacy of Addition of Atomoxetine to Speech Therapy in Stuttering Severity of Children Aged 4-12 Years: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the timing and rhythmic flow of speech production. When speech is synchronized with an external rhythmic pacing signal (e.g., a metronome), even severe stuttering can be markedly alleviated, suggesting that people who stutter may have difficulty generating an internal rhythm to pace their speech. To investigate this possibility, children who stutter and typically-developing children (n=17 per group, aged 6-11 years) were compared in terms of their auditory rhythm discrimination abilities of simple and complex rhythms. Children who stutter showed worse rhythm discrimination than typically-developing children. These findings provide the first evidence of impaired rhythm perception in children who stutter, supporting the conclusion that developmental stuttering may be associated with a deficit in rhythm processing.
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