Comments on Investigating Listener Reaction To Speech Disfluency

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Abstract
One hundred twenty mothers were interviewed mainly at supermarkets and shopping centers in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. They heard through earphones connected with a portable tape-recorder 1 speech sample of 100 words containing 5 instances of simulated single-unit syllable repetition spoken by a 6-year-old boy. Eight questions were asked immediately after the listening experience to determine the extent of information retained. In such a laboratory situation the reactions of listeners towards speech disfluency are probably highly contingent upon whether they are alerted prior to their listening experience to the possible presence of stuttering and their assumptions of the representativeness of the speaker''s behavior.

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