Stuttering and African Americans

[Adele Proctor]

We are completing a study on prevalence of stuttering among African
American preschoolers. I have often heard that there is a higher prevalence
for stuttering in African American males than other populations and have
had this reported to me by other SLPs. However, I cannot find data to
substantiate this apparent clinical observation . Does anyone know of
specific references where this is printed? thanks, Adele

Adele Proctor, Sc.D.                                    217.244.2554 (Office)
Associate Professor                                     217.244.2235 (Fax)
Department of Speech & Hearing Science          217.244.9073 (TTY)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign              aproctor at uiuc.edu
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Champaign, Illinois 61820