Table 1.

Percent syllables stuttered (% SS), SSI scores, digit span, and nonword repetition (1-4 syllables) scores for the AWS and control groups.

					Digit Span		Nonword Repetition Test % phonemes correct
Group	% SS Read ing	% SS Conversation	SSI Score	Stuttering Severity	Forward (Total = 16)	Backward (Total = 14)	1-	2-	3-	4-
AWS 1	23.4	7.2	30	Moderate	10	5	92	100	96	81
AWS 2	1.7	8	14	Very mild	12	8	83	95	100	86
AWS 3	3.1	7.1	27	Moderate	10	5	83	95	100	100
AWS 4	1.6	0	18	Mild	15	8	92	100	100	100
AWS 5	0	3.5	11	Very mild	13	12	83	90	100	97
AWS 6	0.3	1.5	10	Very mild	10	4	100	100	100	94
AWS 7	0	3.6	10	Very mild	12	7	100	95	89	86
AWS 8	1.8	2.6	16	Very mild	12	11	100	100	96	81
AWS 9	5.7	5.8	31	Moderate	8	4	92	100	93	84
Average					11.3	7.1	91.7	97.2	97.1	89.9
SD					2.1	2.9	7.4	3.6	4.0	7.9
C 1					11	5	100	100	100	86
C 2					11	7	100	100	100	100
C 3					12	9	83	100	100	86
C 4					10	7	100	100	100	94
C 5					14	7	100	100	100	94
C 6					13	9	Missing Data
C 7					12	12	100	100	100	100
C 8					9	7	92	94	100	86
C 9					11	6	86	94	90	96
Average					11.4	7.7	95.1	98.5	98.8	92.8
SD					1.51	2.1	7.2	2.8	3.5	6.0