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Handbook of Qualitative Research in Communication Disorders
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Ball, Martin J., Ed.; Müller, Nicole, Ed.; Nelson, Ryan L., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013
This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth handbook of qualitative research in the field of communication disorders. It introduces and illustrates the wide range of qualitative paradigms that have been used in recent years to investigate various aspects of communication disorders. The first part of the Handbook introduces in some detail the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Communication Disorders, Research Methodology, Case Studies
Disfluencies in Non-Stuttering Adults across Sample Lengths and Topics
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Roberts, Patricia M.; Meltzer, Ann; Wilding, Joanne – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2009
Data on disfluencies in the speech of non-stuttering adults are relevant to several aspects of the assessment and treatment of adults who stutter. Currently, very few sources provide relevant data. In the existing literature on normally fluent speakers, there is no consistency in sample length or topic or in which types of disfluency are counted.…
Descriptors: Speech, Stuttering, Communication Disorders, Males
Speech-Related Reaction Times of Stutterers and Nonstutterers: Diagnostic Implications.
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Bakker, Klaas; Brutten, Gene J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
Speech-related reaction time measures and fluency-related measures of 24 adult stutterers and a like number of nonstutterers were assessed to determine their diagnostic discriminative power. Findings suggested that both fluency failures and the duration of laryngeal adjustment time are useful diagnostic measures for discriminating stutterers from…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Reaction Time, Speech Evaluation, Speech Habits
An Investigation into the Relationship between Anxiety and Stuttering.
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Craig, Ashley – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
In this study, 102 adult stutterers were assessed on state and trait anxiety before, and on trait anxiety after, intensive behavioral treatment. Results showed that persons who stutter have significantly higher levels of fear (trait anxiety) in a demanding speech situation and also higher levels of chronic anxiety (trait anxiety) than matched…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Emotional Problems
Following Up on Treated Stutterers: Studies of Perceptions of Fluency and Job Status.
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Craig, A. R.; Calver, P. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
Four studies evaluated perceptions of fluency of persons who had been treated with the "smooth speech" fluency shaping technique. The studies examined (1) client satisfaction with treatment; (2) increased employment opportunities for program completers; (3) employer perceptions of employees' speech quality; and (4) possible determinants…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Followup Studies
Intensive Stuttering Therapy in a Public School Setting.
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Hasbrouck, Jon M.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1987
Fifteen stutterers (aged 5-16) were treated using graded airflow, tension/relaxation, and electromyographic biofeedback to reduce stuttering frequency. In a second study, addition of a discriminative stimulus control procedure to maintain fluency made the treatment program more effective than the first study and achieved a level of <1% stuttered…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Biofeedback, Desensitization, Elementary Secondary Education
Measurable Outcomes of Instructions to Modify Normal Parent-Child Verbal Interactions: Implications for Indirect Stuttering Therapy.
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Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
This study of 20 mothers and their fluent children (ages 3-5) found no significant differences between the effects of instructions to slow maternal speech rate and instructions to slow and simplify maternal speech. Children's speech rate and language complexity did not parallel maternal adjustments, which is problematic for parental involvement in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Language Fluency