Measurements of fixations and retraces were obtained from 7 stuttering and 12 non-stuttering college students during silent, oral, and choral reading conditions. Stutterers made significantly more retraces during silent and choral readings than did the control group. A significantly greater number of retraces by stutterers occurred during choral than either silent or oral reading.
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