Onset characteristics of young children who stutter Characteristics of young children close to the onset of stuttering Prof. Penny Cavenagh 1 , Sarah Costelloe BSc 1 , Steve Davis PhD 2 , and Prof. Peter Howell 2 1 University Campus Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich IP4 IQJ, England, United Kingdom 2 Division of Psychology and Language Science, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, England, United Kingdom Corresponding Author: Penny Cavanagh, University Campus Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich IP4 IQJ, England, United Kingdom Telephone Number: +44 (0) 1473 338625 Fax number +44 (0) 1473 339900 Email address: p.cavenagh@ucs.ac.uk This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published as follows: Cavenagh, Penny and Costelloe, Sarah and David, S and Howell, P (2015) Characteristics of young children close to the onset of stuttering. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 36 (3). pp. 162-171. ISSN 1525-7401 Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. The published version is available here: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1525740114549955