Stuttering is a disorder that affects about 1% of the population and manifests as speech disfluencies. Reading difficulties and disabilities are commonly found in this population. Nonetheless, speech disfluencies have not been explored in adult struggling readers (ASRs). In the current study, we examined the rate of stuttering in ASRs as well as the relationships between their speech fluency and reading skills. A total of 120 participants were interviewed about their experiences with reading and administered standardized reading and reading-related assessments. Speech fluency and the criterion for stuttering were based on the interview. About 18.3% of the sample met the criterion for stuttering. ASRs who stutter (ASRs-S) and ASRs who do not stutter (ASRs-NS) did not differ in their reading and reading-related skills. ASRs-S had higher rates of negative correlations between reading and reading-related skills compared with ASRs-NS. Correlation patterns between performance on standardized assessments point to higher rates of uneven skills or dissociations in ASRs-S. These findings may have implications for the assessment and instruction for ASRs.

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成年读者口吃率和与言语流畅性特征相关的因素

口吃是一种影响大约 1% 人口的疾病，表现为言语不流畅。阅读困难和残疾在这一人群中很常见。尽管如此，尚未在成年苦苦阅读者 (ASR) 中探索言语不流畅的问题。在当前的研究中，我们检查了 ASR 的口吃率以及他们的言语流畅性和阅读技能之间的关系。共有 120 名参与者接受了关于阅读体验的采访，并进行了标准化阅读和阅读相关评估。言语流利度和口吃标准以访谈为准。大约 18.3% 的样本符合口吃标准。口吃的 ASRs (ASRs-S) 和不口吃的 ASRs (ASRs-NS) 在阅读和阅读相关技能上没有差异。与 ASRs-NS 相比，ASRs-S 在阅读和阅读相关技能之间具有更高的负相关率。标准化评估表现之间的相关模式表明 ASRs-S 中更高的技能不均或分离率。这些发现可能对 ASR 的评估和指导有影响。