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Specific motor abilities associated with speech fluency in Down's syndrome.

D A Devenny1, W Silverman, H Balgley

  • 1Department of Psychology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island 10314.

Journal of Mental Deficiency Research
|October 1, 1990
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Adults with Down syndrome (DS) who stutter showed faster motor skills on simple tasks but slower skills on complex tasks compared to fluent peers with DS. This suggests distinct motor organization in stutterers with DS.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Genetics

Background:

  • Down syndrome (DS) is associated with motor challenges.
  • Stuttering is a complex speech disorder.
  • Understanding motor differences in individuals with DS who stutter is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare motor production abilities in stutterers with DS and fluent speakers with DS.
  • To investigate the impact of task complexity on motor performance.

Main Methods:

  • Eight adult male stutterers with Down syndrome (DS) were compared to a matched group of fluent speakers with DS.
  • Participants completed verbal and manual motor tasks of varying complexity (syllable repetition, finger tapping, sentence imitation, pegboard task).

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Main Results:

  • Stutterers with DS were faster on simpler verbal and manual tasks (syllable repetition, finger tapping).
  • Stutterers with DS were slower on more complex verbal and manual tasks (sentence imitation, pegboard task).

Conclusions:

  • Individuals with Down syndrome who stutter exhibit different motor organization compared to their fluent DS peers.
  • Task complexity appears to influence motor performance differences in this population.