Auditory attention shifting in children who stutter

Our results, based on the auditory attention shifting task, showed that CWS have difficulties in self-regulatory behaviors, as shown earlier by Eggers et al. (2009, 2010). Difficulties manifested when the task put high demands on the attentional processes. Therefore, it is possible that CWS have problems in speech planning and execution, especially in situations that demand increased attentional resources, and that atypical auditory attentional processing thus contribute to developmental stuttering. • Subjects • 10 children who stutter (aged: 6;10 -10;0,mean 8;15) • 18 typically developed children (aged: 6;05 – 9;11, mean 7;94) All were native Finnish speakers, with no known/reported neurological, psychological, developmental or language problems but stuttering in the group of CWS. All children had normal or corrected to normal vision and they passed a screening test for normal hearing. All children scored within the normal intelligence range on the WISC Vocabulary and Block Design subtests. There was no significant difference in the mean age of the children between the groups. Subjects and Methods Introduction