What question did this study set out to answer?

To compare phonemic and semantic fluency performance between adults who stutter (AWS) and adults who do not stutter (AWNS).

February 27, 2026

Comparing Semantic and Phonemic Fluency Performance in Adults Who Do and Do Not Stutter

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To compare phonemic and semantic fluency performance between adults who stutter (AWS) and adults who do not stutter (AWNS).
Compared phonemic and semantic fluency performance between AWS and AWNS.
Assessed lexical access and executive control abilities.
Analyzed results for differences in word storage and organization.
AWS demonstrated poorer performance in phonemic fluency than AWNS.
No significant differences were found in semantic fluency between the groups.
Clustering performance, related to long-term memory organization, was similar in both groups.

Abstract

Poorer performance in phonemic fluency and fewer switches suggest weaker lexical access for phonological information and executive control abilities in AWS compared to AWNS. The lack of between-group differences in semantic fluency and clustering suggests that word storage and organization of long-term memory seem intact in AWS.

Comparing Semantic and Phonemic Fluency Performance in Adults Who Do and Do Not Stutter

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