What is it about?
Existing research indicates that people who stutter and people with ADHD can show some similar difficulties, such as problems with attention, speech fluency, or phonological working memory (PWM). However, previous research has mainly looked at whether these difficulties occur in both groups, rather than examining how they may be connected to one another. As a result, it remains unclear whether these shared traits reflect common underlying mechanisms or distinct cognitive profiles that show similar behavioural outcomes.
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Why is it important?
This study goes beyond identifying overlapping traits in stuttering and ADHD by examining how attention, speech fluency, and phonological working memory (PWM) interact within each group. Although some traits overlap, the underlying patterns differed, challenging the assumption that similar difficulties necessarily reflect a shared mechanism. These findings may support more precise, profile-specific assessment and intervention.
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This publication is particularly meaningful to me because it brings together two areas that have been central to my research: stuttering and ADHD. Rather than simply comparing the two conditions, I was interested in looking beyond shared traits to understand how cognitive abilities may interact differently across these profiles. I hope this work encourages researchers and clinicians to look beyond surface-level similarities and consider the underlying patterns that may distinguish seemingly similar difficulties.
Dr Fjorda Kazazi
University College London
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This page is a summary of: Network Models for Assessing the Co‐occurrence Between Stuttering and ADHD, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, August 2026, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.70320.
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