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From: Lisette M. Betancourt
Date: 19 Oct 2007
Time: 11:31:01 -0500
Remote Name: 216.77.6.133
Hi, Laura. I'm a bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist and a Fluency Specialist and unfortunately, there is a small amount of scientific information involving bilinguals. Points to consider when reading the information: what languages are being studied and how is bilingualism defined. Dr. Jennifer Watson (Texas Christian University) and her students have conducted work with monolingual Spanish preschoolers in PR. In the population of preschoolers that I serve at Miami Children's Hospital (Spanish/English households), we have not seen more stuttering. Those observed with patterns of atypical disfluencies include: prologations, sound repetitions, laryngeal blocks, etc. Please note that this information is not objective as the population served is defined by a concern with communication development.