Analysis of Mental Conditions of Stutterers During Finger Tapping and Their Relation to Speech.
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Accession number;00A1054536
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| Title;Analysis of Mental Conditions of Stutterers During Finger Tapping and Their Relation to Speech. |
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MAEARA NAOSHI
(Niigata Univ., Sch. of Dent.)
YAMADA YOSHIAKI
(Niigata Univ., Sch. of Dent.)
ISONO SHINSAKU
(Niigata Univ., Sch. of Dent.)
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Journal Title;Japan Journal of Logopedics and Phoniatrics
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Journal Code:Z0214B
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ISSN:0030-2813
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VOL.41;NO.4;PAGE.352-364(2000)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, TBL.6, REF.39 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;It is postulated that the rate, fluency and rhythm of speech may be closely related to mental factors. To examine the relevance between "mental tempo" as a mental factor and "speech error" as a condition of stuttering, 8 stutterers who are aware of their stuttering and 21 non-stutterers were asked to read a sentence and tap a finger of their dominant hand. When tapping was performed under natural conditions, it was defined as "mental tempo". When tapping was done under mental stress, it was defined as "mental tempo with conditions". Stability was defined according to "fluctuations", and the rate was measured. The following results were found. 1) The rate of mental tempo changed with mental state in all subjects. However, it was difficult to detect any abnormal situation recognizable only in stutterers. To examine stability, fluctuations between "mental tempo" and "mental tempo with conditions" were compared. 2) In the stutterers, a change was recognized in 6 of 8 (75%) due to the in conditions, whereas in the non-stutterers a change was recognized in 4 of 21 (19%) due to the in conditions. Therefore, it was found that individual homeostasis might be low in the mental tempo of stutterers. 3) In 4 stutterers fluctuations in mental tempo varied broadly from the average of the non-stutterers and an abnormal condition was suggested. 4) When fluctuations in mental tempo were compared with speech error, no statistical correlation in the same group was recognized. However, from the scores of the 4 stutterers, it was thought that fluctuations in "mental tempo" influence attitude to stuttering more closely than speech error. (author abst.) |
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