The Journal of Fluency Disorders recently published a special issue to mark its 50th anniversary, gathering together the 50 most influential articles in the journal’s history.

Among them are six papers that emerged through research collaborations with cherished members of The Speech & Stuttering Institute (SSI) community. We are thrilled to see their contributions honoured in this way!

The articles

The late Dr. Bob Kroll (co-founder and former Executive Director) co-authored a paper with several collaborators, including former SSI Board Member Dr. Luc De Nil:

  • De Nil, L. F., Kroll, R. M., Lafaille, S. J., & Houle, S. (2003). A positron emission tomography study of short- and long-term treatment effects on functional brain activation in adults who stutter. Journal of fluency disorders, 28(4), 357–380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2003.07.002

Dr. De Nil also collaborated on four other papers in the list:

  • Eggers, K., De Nil, L. F., & Van den Bergh, B. R. (2010). Temperament dimensions in stuttering and typically developing children. Journal of fluency disorders, 35(4), 355–372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2010.10.004

  • Smits-Bandstra, S., & De Nil, L. F. (2007). Sequence skill learning in persons who stutter: implications for cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical dysfunction. Journal of fluency disorders, 32(4), 251–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2007.06.001

  • Sasisekaran, J., De Nil, L. F., Smyth, R., & Johnson, C. (2006). Phonological encoding in the silent speech of persons who stutter. Journal of fluency disorders, 31(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2005.11.005

  • Theys, C., van Wieringen, A., & De Nil, L. F. (2008). A clinician survey of speech and non-speech characteristics of neurogenic stuttering. Journal of fluency disorders, 33(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2007.09.001

And Dr. Aravind Namasivayam (former SSI Research Scientist) collaborated on another:

For more information

You can find a list of all 50 selections here along with access to the full-text articles.

Of particular interest to those who are serving preschool children who stutter might be the Eggers et al (2010) article listed above, as well as this one:

Vanryckeghem, M., Brutten, G. J., & Hernandez, L. M. (2005). A comparative investigation of the speech-associated attitude of preschool and kindergarten children who do and do not stutter. Journal of fluency disorders, 30(4), 307–318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2005.09.003

For more information about SSI’s preschool fluency e-course, check out this link.