Stuttering and sensory gating: A study of acoustic startle prepulse inhibition  

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Alm, Per A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 97 no. 3 (2006), page 317-321.
Topik: Stuttering; Basal ganglia; Startle reaction; Prepulse inhibition; Sensory gating; Auditory feedback
Fulltext: 97_03_Alm.pdf (135.45KB)

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It was hypothesized that stuttering may be related to impaired sensory gating, leading to overXow of superXuous disturbing auditory feedback and breakdown of the speech sequence. This hypothesis was tested using the acoustic startle prepulse inhibition (PPI) paradigm. A group of 22 adults with developmental stuttering were compared with controls regarding the degree of PPI. No signiWcant diVerences were found between the stuttering adults and the control group; the groups showed similar means and distribution. Likewise, no relation between the degree of PPI and the eVect of altered auditory feedback on stuttering was found. In summary, the results of the study indicate that there is no relation between stuttering and PPI.

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