ERIC Number: EJ895934
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Aug
Pages: 11
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Video Self-Modeling Following Speech Restructuring Treatment for Stuttering
Cream, Angela; O'Brian, Sue; Jones, Mark; Block, Susan; Harrison, Elisabeth; Lincoln, Michelle; Hewat, Sally; Packman, Ann; Menzies, Ross; Onslow, Mark
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v53 n4 p887-897 Aug 2010
Purpose: In this study, the authors investigated the efficacy of video self-modeling (VSM) following speech restructuring treatment to improve the maintenance of treatment effects. Method: The design was an open-plan, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial. Participants were 89 adults and adolescents who undertook intensive speech restructuring treatment. Post treatment, participants were randomly assigned to 2 trial arms: standard maintenance and standard maintenance plus VSM. Participants in the latter arm viewed stutter-free videos of themselves each day for 1 month. Results: The addition of VSM did not improve speech outcomes, as measured by percent syllables stuttered, at either 1 or 6 months postrandomization. However, at the latter assessment, self-rating of worst stuttering severity by the VSM group was 10% better than that of the control group, and satisfaction with speech fluency was 20% better. Quality of life was also better for the VSM group, which was mildly to moderately impaired compared with moderate impairment in the control group. Conclusions: VSM intervention after treatment was associated with improvements in self-reported outcomes. The clinical implications of this finding are discussed.
Descriptors: Stuttering, Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Adolescents, Adults, Speech Therapy, Quality of Life, Self Concept, Satisfaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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