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Effects of Dual-Task Induced Cognitive Load on the Production of Disfluencies of Non-Stuttering Speakers and Persons Who Stutter

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Didirkova, Ivana [UCL] Christodoulides, George [UCL]

The objective of the present study is to investigate whether inducing cognitive load through a simultaneous secondary task has similar effects on the production of disfluencies across persons who stutter (PWS) and persons who do not stutter (PWNS). We analysed the speech production of 8 adult PWNS and 7 adult PWS. Participants were asked to memorise fairy tales and retell them under three conditions: no dual-task, motor dual-task and cognitive dual task. Disfluencies were annotated and classified as stuttering-like or non-pathological. The findings indicate that, under the dual-task conditions, there was an increase of long silent pauses and no significant effect regarding the absolute and relative frequency of disfluencies.

Document type Communication à un colloque (Conference Paper) – Poster
Publication date 2017
Language Anglais
Conference "11th International Seminar on Speech Production", Tianjin, China (du 16/10/2017 au 19/10/2017)
Affiliation UCL - SSH/ILC/PLIN - Pôle de recherche en linguistique
Keywords cognitive load ; stuttering ; disfluencies ; fluency
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Bibliographic reference Didirkova, Ivana ; Christodoulides, George. Effects of Dual-Task Induced Cognitive Load on the Production of Disfluencies of Non-Stuttering Speakers and Persons Who Stutter.11th International Seminar on Speech Production (Tianjin, China, du 16/10/2017 au 19/10/2017).
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187099