Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

• Chang, S.-E., Below, J.E., Chow, H.M., Guenther, F.H., Hampton Wray, A., Jackson, E., Max, L., Neef, N., SheikhBahaei, S., Shekim, L., Tichenor, S.E., Walsh, B., Watkins, K.E., Yaruss, J.S., Bernstein Ratner, N. (2025).  Stuttering: Our Current Knowledge, Research Opportunities, and Ways to Address Critical Gaps. Neurobiology of Language. 2025 Feb. https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00162 

• Treleaven, S., Rubsam, S., Sheppard, M., Yaruss, J. S., & Chang, S.-E. (2025). Assessing childhood stuttering recovery: Incorporating self-identification, caregiver, and clinician reports through adolescence. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00501

• Rowe, H.P., Tourville, J.A., Nieto-Castanon, A., Garnett, E.O., Chow, H.M., Chang, S.-E., Guenther, F.H. (2024). Evidence for planning and motor subtypes of stuttering based on resting state functional connectivity. Brain and Language. 2024 June; 253. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105417 

• Chang, S.-E., Jackson, E., Santayana, G., Zavos, G., & Onslow, M. (2024). Contemporary clinical conversations about stuttering: What does brain imaging research mean to clinicians? International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2024.2327472 

• Neef, N., Chang, S-E. (2024). Knowns and unknowns about the neurobiology of stuttering. PLoS Biol 22(2): e3002492. PMID: 38386639, PMCID: PMC10883586 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002492

• Liu, Y., Hampton Wray, A., Hall, M., Lescht, E., Fitzgerald, K., Chang, S-E. (2024). Brain Response to Errors in Children Who Stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders. 2024 Mar; 79. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2023.106035

• Miller, H.E., Garnett, E.O., Heller Murray, E.S., Nieto-Castanon, A., Tourville, J.A., Chang, S-E., Guenther, F.H. (2023). Structural morphometry of persistent developmental stuttering across the lifespan. Brain Communications. 2023 Nov 6; 5(6). doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad301

• Caruso, V., Hampton Wray, A., Lescht, E., Liu, Y., Garnett, E.O., Chang, S-E. (2023). Neural oscillations and synchrony during a non-speech motor task in children who stutter. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. doi: 10.1186/s11689-023-09507-8

• Chow, H.M., Garnett, E.O., Bernstein Ratner, N., & Chang, S-E. (2023). Brain activity during the preparation and production of continuous speech in children with persistent stuttering. NeuroImage: Clinical, 38. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103413

• Chow, H.M., Garnett, E.O., Koenraads, S.P.C., & Chang, S-E. (2023). Brain developmental trajectories associated with childhood stuttering persistence and recovery. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101224

• Garnett, E.O., McAuley, J.D., Wieland, E.A., Chow, H.M., Zhu, D.C., Dilley, L.C., & Chang, S-E. (2022). Auditory rhythm discrimination in adults who stutter: An fMRI study. Brain and Language.

• Neef N.E., Angstadt M., Koenraads, S.P.C., & Chang, S-E. Dissecting structural connectivity of the left and right inferior frontal cortex in children who stutter (2022). Cerebral Cortex. 2022 Sep 4:bhac328. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac328. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36057839.

• Garnett, E.O., Chow, H.M., Limb, S., Liu. Y., and Chang, S-E. (2022). Neural activity during solo and choral reading: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of overt continuous speech production in adults who stutter. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 16:894676. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.894676

• Rutherford, S., Fraza, C., …. Marquand, A. (2022). Charting brain growth and aging at high spatial precision. eLife, 11, e72904. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72904.

• Johnson, C., Liu, Y., Waller, N., Chang, S-E. (2022). Tract profiles of the cerebellar peduncles in children who stutter. Brain Structure and Function. Doi:https://trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/18ace275-d805-4877-b2ed-58282cdd8ff1

• Johnson, C., Garnett, E.O., Spray, G., Chow, H., Zhu, D., Chang, S-E. (2021). Developmental factors that predict head movement during resting-state fMRI in 3-7-year-old stuttering and non-stuttering children. Frontiers in Neuroscience Brain Imaging Methods. 2021 Nov 3;15:753010. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.753010. eCollection 2021.

• Singer, C., Chang, S-E., Jones, R. (2021). Predicting persistent developmental stuttering using a cumulative risk approach. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research. 2022 Jan 12;65(1):70-95. doi: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00162. Epub 2021 Dec 13.

• Boley, N., Patil, S., Garnett, E. O., Li, H., Chugani, D., Chang, S-E., Chow, H. (2021). Association between gray matter volume variations and energy utilization in the brain: Implications for developmental stuttering. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, doi: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00325.

• Chow, H., Garnett, E.O., Li, H., Etchell, A., Sepulcre, J., Drayna, D., Chugani, D., Chang, S-E. (2020). Linking lysosomal enzyme targeting genes and energy metabolism with altered gray matter volume in children with persistent stuttering. Neurobiology of Language. DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00017. https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/nol_a_00017

• Luckman, C., Wagovich, S., Weber, C., Brown, B., Chang, S-E., Hall, N., Bernstein Ratner, N. (2020). Lexical Diversity and Lexical Skills in Children Who Stutter. J Fluency Disorders. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094730X20300024

• Chang, S-E., Guenther, F. (2020). Involvement of the Cortico-Basal Ganglia-Thalamo-Cortical Loop in Developmental Stuttering. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03088 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6997432/

• Garnett, E.O., Chow, H., Choo, A., Chang, S-E., (2019). Stuttering severity modulates effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in adults who stutter. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00411

• Benito-Aragón, C., Gonzalez-Sarmiento, R., Liddell, T., Diez, I., d'Oleire Uquillas, F., Ortiz-Terán, L., Bueichekú, E., Chow, H., Chang, S-E., Sepulcre, J. (2019). Lysosomal and Neurofilament Genes Define the Cortical Network of Stuttering. Progress in Neurobiology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301008219303363

• Garnett, E.G., Chow, H., Chang, S-E. (2019). Neuroanatomical correlates of childhood stuttering: MRI indices of white and gray matter development that differentiate eventual persistence versus recovery. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Aug 29;62(8S):2986-2998. doi: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-CSMC7-18-0356. Epub 2019 Aug 29. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813035/

• Koenraads, S.P.C., El Marroun, H., Muetzel, R.L., Chang, S.E., van Ingen, G., Baatenburg de Jong, R.J., White, T., Franken, M.C., van der Schroeff, M.P. (2019). Stuttering and gray matter morphometry: a population-based neuroimaging study in young children. Brain and Language. Jul;194:121-131. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2019.04.008. Epub 2019 May 10. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0093934X18302463?via%3Dihub

• Chang, S-E., Garnett, E.O, Etchell, A.C., Chow, H (2018). Functional and Neuroanatomical Bases of Developmental Stuttering: Current Insights. (2018). Neuroscientist. Epub September 28, 2018.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6486457/ 

• Garnett, E.O., Chow, H., Nieto Castañón, A., Tourville, J., Guenther, F., Chang, S-E., (2018). Anomalous morphology in left hemisphere motor and premotor cortex of children who stutter. Brain, 141 (9), 1 September 2018, Pages 2670–2684  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6113637/

• Etchell, A., Adhikari, A., Weinberg, L. S., Choo, A. L., Garnett, E. O., Chow, H. M., & Chang, S. E. (2018). A Systematic Literature Review of Sex Differences in Childhood Language and Brain Development. Neuropsychologia, 114, 19-31 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5988993/

• Chow, H., Chang, S-E. (2017). White matter developmental trajectories associated with persistence and recovery of childhood stuttering. Human Brain Mapping. 38(7): 3345-3359. doi:10.1002/hbm.23590. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632574/

• Chang, S-E., Angstadt, M., Chow, H., Etchell, A.C., Garnett, E. O., Choo, A., Kessler, D., Welsh, R., Sripada, C. (2017). Anomalous network architecture of the resting brain in children who stutter.  Journal of Fluency Disorders (Special Issue, Neuroimaging studies of stuttering). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526749/

• Lampen, J., McAuley, J.D., Chang, S-E., Wade, J. (2017). Neural Activity Associated with Rhythmicity of Song in Juvenile Male and Female Zebra Finches. Behavioral Processes. pii: S0376-6357(17)30133-X. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2017.12.003. [Epub ahead of print] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037663571730133X?via%3Dihub

• Lampen, J., McAuley, J.D., Chang, S-E., Wade, J. (2017). ZENK Induction in the Zebra Finch Brain by Song: Relationship to Hemisphere, Rhythm, Estradiol, and Sex. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Dec;29(12). doi: 10.1111/jne.12543. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034175/

• Amick, L., Chang, S-E., Wade, J., McAuley, J.D. (2017). Negative perceptions of adults who stutter based on listening to read speech samples. Frontiers in Psychology, section Language Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01148

• Daliri, Wieland, Cai, Guenther, Chang (2017). Auditory-motor adaptation is reduced in adults who stutter but not in children who stutter. Developmental Science. doi: 10.1111/desc.12521. PMID:28256029 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581739/

• Chang, Chow, Wieland, McAuley (2016). Relation between functional connectivity and rhythm discrimination in children who do and do not stutter. NeuroImage: Clinical. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.08.021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158216301577?via%3Dihub

• Choo, Burnham, Hicks, Chang (2016). Dissociations among linguistic, cognitive, and auditory-motor neuroanatomical domains in children who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders. 15; 61:29-47. PMID: 27010940 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880500/

• Chang, S-E., Zhu, D.C., Choo, A., Angstadt, M. (2015). White matter neuroanatomical differences in children who stutter.     Brain. 2015 Mar;138(Pt 3):694-711. PubMed PMID: 25619509. Selected as Editor’s Choice article for March 2015 issue. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339778/

• Wieland, E., McAuley, J.D., Dilley, L., Chang, S-E. (2015). Evidence for a rhythm perception deficit in children who stutter. Brain and Language. 2015 May;144:26-34. PubMed PMID: 25880903. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382013/

• Chang, S-E. (2014). Updates from neuroimaging research of children who stutter. Seminars in Speech and Language

• Lampen, J., Jones, K., McAuley, J.D., Chang, S-E., Wade, J. (2014). Arrhythmic song increases ZENK in auditory cortical areas and nucleus taeniae of the adult zebra finch. PlosOne, 9(9), e108841.     PMCID: PMC4178233 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0108841

• Chang S-E. (2014). Research updates in neuroimaging studies of children who stutter. Semin Speech Lang.  May;35(2):67-79. PubMed PMID: 24875668. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5046827/

• Chang, S.-E., & Zhu, D. C. (2013). Neural network connectivity differences in children who stutter. Brain, 136 (12), 3709-3726. PMCID: PMC3859219 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859219/ 

• Choo, A.L., Chang, S.-E., Zengin, H., Ambrose, N.G., & Loucks,T. (2012). Corpus callosum morphology in children who stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders. 45(4), 279-289. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725237/

• Kim, S., Yoon, J., Chang, S.-E., Kim, H. (2012). The role of subcortical regions in speech production. Journal of the Korean Neurological Association, 30(1), 1-9. https://www.koreamed.org/article/2031JKNA/2012.30.1.1

• Choo, A.L., Kraft, S.J., Olivero, W., Ambrose, N.G., Sharma, H., Chang, S. & Loucks,T. (2011). Corpus Callosum differences associated with persistent stuttering in adults. Journal of Communication Disorders. 44(4), 470-477. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138816/

• Chang, S-E., Horwitz, B., Ostuni, J., Reynolds, R.,& Ludlow, C. (2011). Evidence of left ventral premotor-motor structural and functional connectivity deficits in adults who stutter. Cerebral Cortex. 21(11), 2507-18. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhr028. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183422/

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• Chang, S-E.,  Synnestvedt, A., Ostuni, J., & Ludlow, C. (2010). Similarities in speech and white matter characteristics in idiopathic developmental stuttering and adult-onset stuttering. Journal of Neurolinguistics. 23(5), 455-469.  doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2008.11.004 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2903065/

• Chang, S-E. , Kenney, MK., Loucks, T., Poletto, C., & Ludlow, C. (2009). Common neural substrates support speech and non-speech vocal tract gestures. NeuroImage, 47(1), 314-325. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711766/

• Chang, S-E. , Kenney, MK., Loucks, T., & Ludlow, C. (2009). Brain activation abnormalities during speech and non-speech in stuttering speakers. NeuroImage, 46(1), 201-212. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693291/

• Chang, S-E., Erickson, K., Ambrose, N., & Hasegawa-Johnson, M., & Ludlow, C. (2008). Brain anatomy differences in childhood stuttering. NeuroImage, 39(3), 1333-1344. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731627/

• Chang, S-E., Ohde, R.N., & Conture, E.G. (2002). Coarticulation and formant transition rate in young children who stutter. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, 45(4), 676-88. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12199398