LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 11 November 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Disfluencies in Typically Developing Tamil Speaking Children
between 4 - 8 Years

Rathika R., MASLP.,
G. Kanaka., Ph.D.,
Sunila John, MASLP.,
Rajashekhar B., Ph.D.

Introduction

“Fluency” means flow of speech smoothly and continuously (Starkweather, 1987). Disfluencies refer to some form of break in that smooth flow of speech. Normal disfluency occurs throughout childhood and it may begin earlier than 18 months of age, with its peak between 2 to 3 ½ years. Children also swing back and forth in their degree of disfluency. The development of language (DeJoy & Gregory, 1985; Gordon, Luper & Peterson, 1986; Pearl & Bernthal, 1980; Meyers & Freeman, 1985a), speech motor control (Starkweather, 1987) and episodic stresses in the child’s environment may temporarily increase normal disfluency.

Knowledge of type and frequency of disfluency is paramount in understanding disfluencies especially in young children, as the age periods between 2 – 5 years, it is difficult to know whether the child is developing stuttering (or) simply going through this normal period of developing fluency (Starkweather, 1987; Ambrose & Yairi, 1995). On an average, a normally disfluent preschool child has about 10 disfluencies per 100 words (Yairi, 1982). As the complexity of language increases, so does the disfluencies.

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Rathika R., MASLP.
Speech-Language Pathologist
31/2 Spic Nagar
Vijaynagar
Velacheri
Chennai
Tamilnadu
India
radhika.ramalingam@gmail.com

G. Kanaka., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
g.kanaka@manipal.edu

Sunila John, MASLP.
Assistant Professor-Senior Scale
sunila.john@manipal.edu

Rajashekhar B., Ph.D.
Professor / Dean
b.raja@manipal.edu

Department of Speech & Hearing
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences,
Manipal- 576 104
Karnataka
India

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