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Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity Postdoctoral Fellows Lecture Series: Robin Jones

March 22, 2013
4:00PM - 5:00PM
35 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road

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Add to Calendar 2013-03-22 16:00:00 2013-03-22 17:00:00 Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity Postdoctoral Fellows Lecture Series: Robin Jones Social and Behavioral SciencesDiversity Postdoctoral Fellows Lecture Series Robin Jones, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science Emotional and speech-language processes: Potential contributions to stuttering Stuttering has a lifetime incidence of approximately 5%. About 75% of those affected discontinue during childhood without significant formal treatment. For the remaining children who stutter into adulthood, stuttering can have a significant impact on academic, emotional, social and vocational achievements. Given this, there is a need to better understand the variables that cause and exacerbate stuttering to develop evidenced-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. A recent theoretical model posits that emotional and speech-language environmental “stressors” activate “diatheses” (i.e., weaknesses, proclivities) that contribute to the development of stuttering. Jones argues that such a framework provides the opportunity to better understand one of the hallmarks of stuttering — namely, variability, both between and within a variety of communication situations. Jones will discuss the association between emotional and speech-language processes and stuttering. Drawing on his own empirical studies, he will first demonstrate how concurrent cognitive load effects phonological processing in adults who stutter. In addition, he will present research findings from studies of preschool-age children who do and do not stutter which indicate that (a) changes in behavioral indices of emotion are associated with changes in stuttering, and (b) children who stutter exhibit different patterns of autonomic activity during various experimental (emotion-inducing and speaking) conditions than children who do not stutter. These results suggest that speech-language and emotional stressors may divert cognitive, linguistic, and attentional resources away from ongoing speech-language planning and production, ultimately, increasing chances of breakdowns in speech fluency. Jones will discuss the implications of his current and planned program of research that will involve basic research on speech-language and emotional stressors, as well as translational research evaluating treatment options that may alleviate the impact of stressors on children’s speech fluency. The event is free and open to all. For information, contact Kathleen M. McGraw. 35 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public


Social and Behavioral SciencesDiversity Postdoctoral Fellows Lecture Series

Robin Jones, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science

Emotional and speech-language processes: Potential contributions to stuttering

Stuttering has a lifetime incidence of approximately 5%. About 75% of those affected discontinue during childhood without significant formal treatment. For the remaining children who stutter into adulthood, stuttering can have a significant impact on academic, emotional, social and vocational achievements. Given this, there is a need to better understand the variables that cause and exacerbate stuttering to develop evidenced-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

A recent theoretical model posits that emotional and speech-language environmental “stressors” activate “diatheses” (i.e., weaknesses, proclivities) that contribute to the development of stuttering. Jones argues that such a framework provides the opportunity to better understand one of the hallmarks of stuttering — namely, variability, both between and within a variety of communication situations.

Jones will discuss the association between emotional and speech-language processes and stuttering. Drawing on his own empirical studies, he will first demonstrate how concurrent cognitive load effects phonological processing in adults who stutter. In addition, he will present research findings from studies of preschool-age children who do and do not stutter which indicate that (a) changes in behavioral indices of emotion are associated with changes in stuttering, and (b) children who stutter exhibit different patterns of autonomic activity during various experimental (emotion-inducing and speaking) conditions than children who do not stutter. These results suggest that speech-language and emotional stressors may divert cognitive, linguistic, and attentional resources away from ongoing speech-language planning and production, ultimately, increasing chances of breakdowns in speech fluency. Jones will discuss the implications of his current and planned program of research that will involve basic research on speech-language and emotional stressors, as well as translational research evaluating treatment options that may alleviate the impact of stressors on children’s speech fluency.

The event is free and open to all.

For information, contact Kathleen M. McGraw.

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