De Nil Luc F, Sasisekaran Jayanthi, Van Lieshout Pascal H H M, Sandor Paul
Graduate Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Room 160, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1V7.
J Psychosom Res. 2005 Jan;58(1):97-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.06.002.
The purpose of the present study was to analyze the frequency and type of speech disfluencies in a relatively large group of individuals with Tourette's syndrome (TS) and to compare their results with similar speech data from a control group of unselected individuals.
Self-report data, as well as conversation and reading samples, were obtained from 69 children diagnosed with TS (mean age=12.49) and 27 control participants (mean age=10.9).
Self-report data on fluency difficulties did not reveal significant group differences; however, detailed analysis of fluency during reading and spontaneous speech revealed an overall higher level of more typical (normal) disfluencies in the TS group. No overall differences in less typical (stuttering) disfluencies were observed between the two groups of children.
Results are discussed in light of previous studies proposing a common aetiology and neuropathological link between TS and developmental stuttering.
本研究旨在分析相对较大规模的抽动秽语综合征(TS)患者群体中言语不流畅的频率和类型,并将其结果与来自未挑选个体的对照组的类似言语数据进行比较。
从69名被诊断为TS的儿童(平均年龄 = 12.49岁)和27名对照参与者(平均年龄 = 10.9岁)获取自我报告数据以及对话和阅读样本。
关于流畅性困难的自我报告数据未显示出显著的组间差异;然而,对阅读和自发言语期间流畅性的详细分析显示,TS组中更典型(正常)的不流畅总体水平更高。两组儿童在不太典型(口吃)的不流畅方面未观察到总体差异。
根据先前提出TS与发育性口吃之间存在共同病因和神经病理学联系的研究对结果进行了讨论。