The Illinois International Stuttering Research Program

Publications

Publications authored by SRP investigators

Books

Yairi, E. and Ambrose, N. (2005). Early Childhood Stuttering. Austin: Pro Ed.

Chapters

Yairi, E. (2006). The Tudor Study and Wendell Johnson. In Goldfarb R. (Ed . ), Ethics: A case study from fluency. Plural Publishing.

Yairi, E. (1999). Epidemiologic Factors and Stuttering Research. In N. Ratner and C. Healey (Eds. ), Stuttering research and treatment: bridging the gap. Mahwa, NJ: Erlbaum.

Yairi, E. (1997). Speech Characteristics of Early Childhood Stuttering. In R. Curlee and G. Siegel (Eds. ), Nature and treatment of stuttering. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Yairi, E. (1997). Home Environments of Stuttering Children. In R. Curlee and G. Siegel (Eds. ), Nature and Treatment of Stuttering. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Hall, K., and Yairi, E. (1997). Articulatory rate: Theoretical considerations and empirical data. In Herman Peters and Pascal Lieshout (eds. ), Speech Motor Control and Stuttering. Excerpta Medica.

Yairi, E. (1990). Subtyping child stutterers for research purposes. Asha Reports 18.

Yairi, E. (1979). Scale of communication attitudes. In F. Darley (Ed. ), Evaluation of assessment techniques in speech pathology. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Scientific articles

Gregg, B. and Yairi, E. (2006). Phonological skills and stuttering severity in preschool children who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders. (In press)

Suresh, R., Ambrose, N., Roe, C., Pluzhnikov, A., Wittke-Thompson, J., C-Y Ng, M., Cook, E., Lundstrom, C., Garsten, M., Ezrati, R., Yairi, E., and Cox, N. (2006). New Complexities in the Genetics of Stuttering: Significant Sex-specific Linkage Signals. American Journal of Human Genetics, 78, 554-563.

Subramanian, A., and Yairi, E. (2006). Identification of traits transmitted in association with stuttering. Journal of Communication Disorders 39, 200-216.

Sawyer, J., and Yairi, E. (2006). The effect of sample size on the assessment of stuttering severity. AmericanJournal of Speech-Language Pathology,15, 36-44.

Chang, S., Erickson, E. I., Ambrose, N. G., Hasegawa-Johnson, M., Ludlow, C. L. (2006). Deficient white matter development in left hemisphere speech-language regions in children who stutter. Abstract published Society for Neuroscience Convention online www.sft.org/ am2006.

Yairi, E. (2004). The formative years of stuttering: A changing portrait. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders 31, 92-104

Subramanian, A., Yairi, E., and Amir, O. (2003). Second formant transitions in fluent speech of persistent and recovered preschool children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders 36, 1-17.

Yairi, E. and Ambrose, N. (2002). Evidence for genetic etiology in stuttering. Perspectives, Vol. 12, # 2, 10-15.

Amir, O., and Yairi, E. (2002). The effect of temporal manipulation on the perception of disfluencies as normal or stuttering. Journal of Communication Disorders, 35, 63-82.

Ambrose, E. and Yairi, E. (2002). The Tudor Study: Data and Ethics. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11, #2.

Paden, E., Ambrose N., and Yairi, E. (2002). Phonological progress during the first two years of stuttering. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 256-267.

Yairi, E. and Ambrose, N. (2001). The Tudor experiment and Wendell Johnson: Science and ethics reexamined. The ASHA Leader 6 # 13, 17.

Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (2001). Longitudinal studies of stuttering: Evaluation of critiques. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 867-882.

Yairi, E., Ambrose, N., Watkins and Paden,Paden, E. (2001). What is stuttering? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 585-592.

Ambrose, N., and Yairi, E. (2001). Perspectives on stuttering. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44 . 595-598.

Ezrati, R., Platzky, R.,& Yairi, E. (2001). The young child's awareness of stuttering-like disfluency. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 368-380.

Throneburg, R. and Yairi (2001). Durational, proportionate, and absolute frequency characteristics of disfluencies: A longitudinal study regarding persistence and recovery. Journal of Speech, language, and Hearing Research, 44, 38-51.

Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (1999). Early childhood stuttering I: Persistency and recovery rates. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 1097-1112.

Paden, E., Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (1999). Early childhood stuttering II: Initial status of phonological abilities. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 42, 1113-1124.

Watkins, R., Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (1999). Early childhood stuttering III: Initial status of expressivelanguage abilities. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 1125-1136.

Hall, K., Amir, O., and Yairi, E. (1999). A longitudinal investigation of speaking rate in preschool children who stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, andHearing Research, 42, 136-1377.

Ambrose, N., and Yairi, E. (1999). Normative dysfluency data for early childhood stuttering. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 895-909.

Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (1999). Spontaneous recovery and clinical trials research in early childhoodstuttering: A response to Onslow and Packman. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 42, 402-410.

Yairi, E. (1998). Is the basis of stuttering genetic? Asha 40, 29-32.

Curlee, R. and Yairi, E. (1998). Treatment of early childhood stuttering: Advances and research needs. American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology 7, No. 3, 20-26.

Ambrose, N., Cox, N., and Yairi, E. (1997). The genetic basis of persistent and recovered stuttering, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 40, 567-580.

Watkins, R., and Yairi, E. (1997). Language production abilities of children who persisted and recovered fromstuttering. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 40, 385-399.

Yairi, E., and Curlee, R. (1997). The clinical-research connection in early childhood stuttering. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 6 No. 4, 85-86.

Curlee, R. and Yairi, E. (1997). Early intervention with early childhood stuttering: A critical examination of the data. American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology 6 No. 2, 8-17.

Finn, P., Ingham, R., Ambrose, N., and Yairi, E. (1997). Children recovered from stuttering without formal treatment: Perceptual Assessment of Speech Normalcy. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research 40,867-876.

Yairi, E., Ambrose, N. and Cox, N. (1996). Genetics of stuttering: A critical Review. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 39, 771-784.

Paden, E., and Yairi, E. (1996). Phonological characteristics of young children with persistent and recovering stuttering. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 39, 981-990.

Yairi, E. (1996). Applications of disfluencies in measurements of stuttering. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 39, 402-403.

Yairi, E., Ambrose, N., Paden, E., and Throneburg, R. (1966). Predictive factors of persistence and recovery: Pathways of childhood stuttering. Journal of Communication Disorders 29, 53-77.

Ambrose, N., and Yairi, E. (1995). The role of repetition units in the differential diagnosis of early childhood incipient stuttering. American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology, 4, 82-88.

Ambrose, N., and Yairi, E. (1994). The development of awareness of stuttering in preschool children. Journal of Fluency Disorders 19, 229-246.

Throneburg, R, and Yairi, E. (1994). Temporal dynamics of repetitions of during the early stage of childhood stuttering: An acoustic study. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 37, 1067-1075.

Niermann Throneburg, R., Yairi, E., and Paden, E. (1994). The relation between phonologic difficulty and the occurrence of disfluencies in the early stage of stuttering. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 37, 504-509.

Yairi, E. (1994). Accuracy in reporting. Journal of Fluency Disorders 19, 77-81.

Yairi, E. (1993). Epidemiology and other considerations in treatment efficacy research with preschool-age children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders 18, 197-220.

Yairi, E., and Hall, K., (1993). Temporal relations within repetitions of preschool children near the onset of stuttering: A preliminary report. Journal of Communication Disorders 26, 231-244.

Yairi, E., Ambrose, N., and Niermann (1993). The early months of stuttering: A developmental study. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 521-528.

Ambrose, N., Yairi, E., and Cox, N., (1993). Genetic factors in childhood stuttering. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 36, 701-706.

Yairi, E., and Carrico, D. (1992). Pediatricians' attitudes and practices concerning early childhood stuttering. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 1, 54-62.

Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (1992). A longitudinal study of stuttering in children: A preliminary report. Journal Of Speech and Hearing Research 35, 755-760.

Yairi, E., and Ambrose, N. (1992). Onset of stuttering in preschool children: Selected factors. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 35, 782-788.

Hall, K., and Yairi E. (1992). Fundamental frequency, jitter and shimmer in stuttering and normal speaking children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 35, 1002-1008.

Hubbard, C., and Yairi, E. (1988). Clustering of disfluencies in the speech of stuttering and normal speaking preschool children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 31, 228-233.

Yairi, E., and Lewis, B. (1984). Disfluency near the onset of stuttering. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 27, 154-159.

Yairi, E. (1983). The onset of stuttering in two- and three-year-old children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 48, 171-177.

Copolla, V., and Yairi, E. (1982). Rhythmic speech training with preschool stuttering children: An experimental study. Journal of Fluency Disorders 7, 447-458.

Yairi, E. (1982). Longitudinal studies of disfluencies in two-year-old children. Journal ofSpeech and Hearing Research 25, 155-160.

Yairi, E., Gintautas, J., and Avent, J. (1981). Disfluent speech associated with brain damage. Brain and Language 14, 49-56.

Yairi, E. (1981). Disfluencies of normally speaking two-year-old children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 24, 490-495.

Send questions and comments to:
Dr. Nicoline Ambrose
Stuttering Research Program
The Department of Speech and Hearing Science
901 S. Sixth St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone:217-333-2230