Temporal patterns in articulation underlying repetitions, prolongations and blocks

Key Points

• The aim is to quantitatively characterize the articulatory behaviors associated with perceived stuttering.
• Recorded speech production of seven adults who stutter using real-time MRI.
• Identified articulatory patterns related to fixation and oscillation at the proximal oral articulator.
• Two primary articulatory patterns were identified: fixation and oscillation.
• Mapping the articulation to perceived disfluency varies based on phonological goals.