Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering

Background and Aim: Attention has causal role in speech and language processing. Studies are limited about relation between attention and language development. As a result, the purpose of this study was to investigate the difference shifting attention function in children with developmental stutter...

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Main Authors: Kowsar Esfandeh, Ali Ghorbani, Hashem Farhangdoosth, Mohammad Ali Nazari, Shohreh Jalaie
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Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-07-01
Series:Auditory and Vestibular Research
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Online Access:https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/274
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spelling doaj-b3d2551678f94db1a5b9db63ffb79f952020-11-25T03:35:01ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesAuditory and Vestibular Research2423-480X2017-07-01231Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stutteringKowsar Esfandeh0Ali Ghorbani1Hashem Farhangdoosth2Mohammad Ali Nazari3Shohreh Jalaie4Department of Speech therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Speech therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Speech therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran- Department of Biostatistics, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Background and Aim: Attention has causal role in speech and language processing. Studies are limited about relation between attention and language development. As a result, the purpose of this study was to investigate the difference shifting attention function in children with developmental stuttering and fluent speech. Methods: Thirty children who stutter (21 boys and 9 girls) and thirty children who did not stutter (21 boys and 9 girls) were evaluated. Shifting attention function was investigated using Wisconsin card sorting test. The data were analyzed via Kolmogorov-Smirnov, independent t, and Mann-Whitney Utests. Results: Between group analysis showed significant differences for all of the indexes in Wisconsin card sorting test. The number of categories completed in children who stutter was significantly less than that control group (p<0.05). But preservative errors, total errors, total tries, time of test performance and try for first pattern in children who stutter was more than in the control group and data differences were significant for all of the indexes (p<0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study show that children with and without stuttering are different in shifting attention function and children who stutter have weaker function in shifting attention. The findings were linked to emerging theoretical frameworks of stuttering development and that were taken to suggest a possible role for attention processes in developmental stuttering. https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/274Shifting attentiondevelopmental stutteringWisconsin card sorting test
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author Kowsar Esfandeh
Ali Ghorbani
Hashem Farhangdoosth
Mohammad Ali Nazari
Shohreh Jalaie
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Ali Ghorbani
Hashem Farhangdoosth
Mohammad Ali Nazari
Shohreh Jalaie
Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering
Auditory and Vestibular Research
Shifting attention
developmental stuttering
Wisconsin card sorting test
author_facet Kowsar Esfandeh
Ali Ghorbani
Hashem Farhangdoosth
Mohammad Ali Nazari
Shohreh Jalaie
author_sort Kowsar Esfandeh
title Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering
title_short Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering
title_full Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering
title_fullStr Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering
title_sort comparison of shifting attention function in 7-13-years-old children with fluent speech and developmental stuttering
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Auditory and Vestibular Research
issn 2423-480X
publishDate 2017-07-01
description Background and Aim: Attention has causal role in speech and language processing. Studies are limited about relation between attention and language development. As a result, the purpose of this study was to investigate the difference shifting attention function in children with developmental stuttering and fluent speech. Methods: Thirty children who stutter (21 boys and 9 girls) and thirty children who did not stutter (21 boys and 9 girls) were evaluated. Shifting attention function was investigated using Wisconsin card sorting test. The data were analyzed via Kolmogorov-Smirnov, independent t, and Mann-Whitney Utests. Results: Between group analysis showed significant differences for all of the indexes in Wisconsin card sorting test. The number of categories completed in children who stutter was significantly less than that control group (p<0.05). But preservative errors, total errors, total tries, time of test performance and try for first pattern in children who stutter was more than in the control group and data differences were significant for all of the indexes (p<0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study show that children with and without stuttering are different in shifting attention function and children who stutter have weaker function in shifting attention. The findings were linked to emerging theoretical frameworks of stuttering development and that were taken to suggest a possible role for attention processes in developmental stuttering.
topic Shifting attention
developmental stuttering
Wisconsin card sorting test
url https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/274
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