News & Events
Check out our 2021 Summer newsletter. Thank you for your continued interest in our research!
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August, 2021
Check out this recent Scientific American magazine article "Stuttering Stems from Problems in Brain Wiring, Not Personalities" by science reporter Lydia Denworth.
They review the updated science of stuttering, which has increasingly pointed to a biological basis for this complex neurodevelopmental disorder.
Check out our 2021 Winter newsletter. Thank you for your continued interest in our research!
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February 6, 2021
A recently submitted NIDCD ECR R21 grant was recommended for funding.
Led by Dr. Emily Garnett, along with co-investigators Dr. Soo-Eun Chang and Dr. Devin McAuley, this 3 year project will investigate auditory motor integration in people who stutter using speech and rhythm tasks.
Congratulations to Dr. Garnett on her first NIH grant.
January 21, 2021
Check out the the Scientific American magazine article “COVID Can Cause Forgetfulness, Psychosis, Mania or a Stutter” by Stephani Sutherland. Dr. Chang is quoted in the article to explain what may be behind stuttering onset as one of the neurological symptoms that can emerge and remain after recovering from COVID19.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-can-cause-forgetfulness-psychosis-mania-or-a-stutter/
January 8-9, 2021
Members of our research lab presented and participated at this year's Oxford Dysfluency Conference.
Chow, H-M., Johnson, C., Spray, G., Garnett, E. O., Koenraads, S., Chang, S-E. (2021). Gray and white matter developmental trajectories associated with childhood stuttering persistence and recovery.
Spray, G., Chow, H-M., Yaruss, J., Chang, S-E. (2021). Associations between white matter integrity and phonological skills in children who stutter.
Johnson, C., Masti, R., Russell, K., Rubsam, S., Sheppard, M., Garnett, E. O., Chang, S-E. (2021). Weighted stuttering-like disfluency measure reliably identifies children who stutter with low stuttering frequency.