Presenter: Rebecca Rollman, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Global Public Health Scholars
For my practicum project I am working in the Language Fluency Lab in the Hearing and Speech Sciences Department. I started the training over winter break and now I am beginning to start the work. Because of COVID, some of the testing cannot happen, but my main project is to work on transcribing videos and editing transcripts of children with fluency disorders like stuttering or late speakers. There are bi-weekly lab meetings that I attend in addition to the transcribing. I think that this relates to global health because it says a lot about a child and their speaking patterns when identifying when they stutter the most and what specific words they stutter on. That is what I will be identifying as I start to work with more transcripts and turn that into my practicum project. It is very interesting to me too learn about the triggers and see how this can help child speech pathologists and influence other research in the future.
Is there a specific reason as to why stuttering is more prominent in boys and black students? Why do only a portion of kids outgrow their stuttering, while it remains lifelong for others?
I love this topic and I think the research you conducted is very interesting! You mentioned how speaking calmly to the children can reduce their stuttering; is there any significant evidence to this or is this something that the researchers just experienced first hand?
Very interesting topic! One thing you bring up was how stuttering was far more common in male children, so I was wondering if your research went into why this could be. Was there any insight as to what could be causing such a large discrepency?
Your poster is very informative and your topic is very interesting and unique! Based on your research, are there any actions you think should be implemented across pre-schools and elementary schools to help students who stutter?