Comparing diadochokinetic performances of stuttering and non-stuttering children between 7-12 ages

ÇİYİLTEPE M., ÇİFÇİ B.

HEARING BALANCE AND COMMUNICATION, vol.18, pp.85-89, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/21695717.2019.1644859
  • Journal Name: HEARING BALANCE AND COMMUNICATION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.85-89
  • Keywords: motor speech, diadochokinetic rate, stuttering, MOTOR, DISORDERS, YOUNG, RELIABILITY, PHONOLOGY, IMPACT
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: It is important to evaluate oral motor skills, make appropriate diagnosis and develop appropriate intervention plans for individuals who stutter. One of the measures used to evaluate oral motor skills is diadochokinesia (DDK). Diadochokinesia or diadochokinesis is the ability to make antagonistic movements in quick succession, alternately bringing a limb into opposite positions, as of flexion and extension or of pronation and supination. Diadochokinetic analysis examines the speed, accuracy and continuity measures of speech production in monosyllabic /p Lambda/, /t Lambda/, /k Lambda/and multisyllabic /p Lambda t Lambda k Lambda/ sequences.