Marscha M Engelen, Marie-Christine J P Franken, Lottie W Stipdonk, Sarah E Horton, Victoria E Jackson, Sheena Reilly, Angela T Morgan, Simon E Fisher, Sandra van Dulmen, Else Eising
PURPOSE: Stuttering is a speech condition that can have a major impact on a person's quality of life. This descriptive study aimed to identify subgroups of people who stutter (PWS) based on stuttering burden and to investigate differences between these subgroups on psychosocial aspects of life. METHOD: The study included 618 adult participants who stutter. They completed a detailed survey examining stuttering symptomatology, impact of stuttering on anxiety, education and employment, experience of stuttering, and levels of depression, anxiety, and stress...
April 16, 2024: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: JSLHR