The history of stuttering by 7 years of age: Follow-up of a prospective community cohort

E Kefalianos; M Onslow; A Packman; A Vogel; A Pezic; F Mensah; L Conway; E Bavin; S Block; S Reilly

Journal article

The history of stuttering by 7 years of age: Follow-up of a prospective community cohort

E Kefalianos, M Onslow, A Packman, A Vogel, A Pezic, F Mensah, L Conway, E Bavin, S Block, S Reilly

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research | AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-16-0205

Abstract

Purpose: For a community cohort of children confirmed to have stuttered by the age of 4 years, we report (a) the recovery rate from stuttering, (b) predictors of recovery, and (c) comorbidities at the age of 7 years. Method: This study was nested in the Early Language in Victoria Study. Predictors of stuttering recovery included child, family, and environmental measures and first-degree relative history of stuttering. Comorbidities examined at 7 years included temperament, language, nonverbal cognition, and health-related quality of life. Results: The recovery rate by the age of 7 years was 65%. Girls with stronger communication skills at the age of 2 years had higher odds of recovery (adjus..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Early Language in Victoria Study (ELVS) was supported by grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC Project Grant 436958 and 1041947) and the Australian Research Council (Grant DP0984833). Murdoch Childrens Research Institute research is supported by the Victorian government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The following authors were supported by the NHMRC during the study: Reilly (Practitioner Fellowship 491210), Onslow and Packman (Program Grant 633007), Vogel (Career Development Fellowship 1082910), and Fiona Mensah (Early Career Fellowship 1037449 and Career Development Fellowship 1111160). All authors have support from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute for the submitted work. Thank you to Patricia Eadie, Professor Melissa Wake, and Associate Professor Ross Menzies for their review of the article. Thank you also to the ELVS research group for their contribution to the study.