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Usler, Evan R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
The purpose of this article is to provide a theoretical account of the experience of stuttering that incorporates previous explanations and recent experimental findings. According to this account, stuttering-like disfluencies emerge during early childhood from excessive detection of cognitive conflict due to subtle limitations in speech and…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Conflict, Cognitive Processes, Speech Communication
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Karimi, Hamid; Nilipour, Reza; Shafiei, Bijan; Howell, Peter – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2011
Bakhtiar, Seifpanahi, Ansari, Ghanadzade and Packman (2010) reported high inter-, and intra-judge agreement of a translation of the Stuttering Severity Instrument (SSI-3) for preschool Persian-speaking children who stutter. Translation of SSI-3 into Persian is desirable as there is no standardised stuttering severity test for that language.…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Stuttering, Translation, Severity (of Disability)
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Shenker, Rosalee C. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2011
Stuttering occurs across all languages and cultures. However, the impact of speaking more than one language on assessment and treatment of young children who stutter is not well documented. This paper discusses some of the challenges related to clinical issues pertaining to this population including (a) identifying stuttering in an unfamiliar…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Stuttering, Educational Objectives, Multilingualism
Williams, John – Rehabilitation Literature, 1983
A computer was used to help a man who stuttered severely most of his 37 years. The criterion based treatment used a specifically designed program (Speech Flow Acquisition Program) to train him to speak smoothly. (SEW)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Feedback, Language Fluency, Man Machine Systems