Abstract
Speech learning for novel pseudowords was compared in adults who stutter and control subjects. Subjects performed 11 test recall trials which were interspersed with modeling practice trials for two novel pseudowords associated with meaningless idiographs. The number of phonemes correctly achieved on each of the 11 test trials were scored by the same listener. The adults who stuttered were impaired in their rate of learning as well as the overall accuracy of their word productions. The results suggest that the speech production learning is less efficient in those affected by chronic stuttering and may contribute to their less efficient and unstable speech production capabilities throughout adult life.