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Yairi, Ehud; Watkins, Ruth; Ambrose, Nicoline; Paden, Elaine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2001
The authors of a research report (1999) on the diagnosis of stuttering in young children respond to a critical letter by questioning the accuracy, validity, credibility, and internal consistency of the letter writer's criticisms. The reply goes on to clarify the evaluation of stuttering-like disfluencies and single-syllable word repetitions in…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Research Methodology, Stuttering
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Ambrose, Nicoline Grinager; Yairi, Ehud – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2001
This response to a letter (EC 627 691) critical of the authors' research report (1999) on the diagnosis of stuttering in young children defends their subject selection criteria, justifies their use of a weighted measure of stuttering-like disfluencies, and notes continuing disagreement concerning the difference between stuttering and disfluency.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Research Methodology, Stuttering