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Phoneme Monitoring in Silent Naming and Perception in Adults Who Stutter
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Sasisekaran, Jayanthi; De Nil, Luc F. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2006
The present study investigated phonological encoding skills in persons who stutter (PWS). Participants were 10 PWS (M=31.8 years, S.D.=5.9) matched for age, gender, and handedness with 12 persons who do not stutter (PNS) (M=24.3 years, S.D.=4.3). The groups were compared in a phoneme monitoring task performed during silent picture naming. The…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Phonemes, Phonology, Nouns
School Administrators' Perceptions of People Who Stutter.
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Lass, Norman J.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1994
A questionnaire asking respondents to list adjectives describing four hypothetical stutterers (a female child, male child, female adult, and male adult) was completed by 42 school administrators in Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and West Virginia. The majority of reported adjectives were negative stereotypical personality traits. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adults, Children, Individual Characteristics
Awareness Training and Regulated-Breathing Method in Modification of Stuttering.
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Ladouceur, Robert; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Sixteen adult stutterers were randomly assigned to one of two groups: awareness training plus regulated-breathing or Azrin and Nunn's regulated-breathing method only. Awareness training significantly reduced stuttering compared to the control procedure. But the most significant improvement appeared after introduction of the regulated-breathing…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Feedback, Methods Research
Stutterers' Self-Ratings of How Natural Speech Sounds and Feels.
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Finn, Patrick; Ingham, Roger J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
Twelve adult stutterers were instructed to self-rate the speech naturalness (how natural their speech sounds) and feel naturalness (the amount of attention they are paying to the way they are speaking) of their speech under a variety of conditions across repeated rating occasions. Results showed that subjects were relatively consistent and valid…
Descriptors: Adults, Perception, Reliability, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Acknowledgment and Severity of Stuttering as Factors Influencing Nonstutterers' Perceptions of Stutterers.
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Collins, Constance R.; Blood, Gordon W. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
Eighty-four female nonstutterers examined videotapes of two mild and two severe male stutterers acknowledging and not acknowledging their stuttering. Nonstutterers preferred to interact with acknowledging stutterers and gave them more favorable ratings on intelligence, personality, and appearance. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Intelligence, Perception
Teachers' Perceptions of Stutterers.
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Lass, Norman J.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
A questionnaire asking respondents to list adjectives describing 4 hypothetical stutterers (2 8 year olds and 2 adults) was completed by 103 elementary and secondary teachers. The majority of reported adjectives were negative stereotypical personality traits, indicating perceptions of stutterers similar to other groups including speech-language…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
A Comparison of Stutterers' and Nonstutterers' Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Self-Reports.
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Watson, Jennifer Barber – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1988
Adult stutterers (n=75) and nonstutterers (n=81) rated themselves on communication attitudes involving behavioral, affective, and cognitive components. The findings raise issues regarding stutterers' avoidances, attitude multidimensionality in the perceptions of speaking situations, differences in stutterers and nonstutterers' belief systems, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Attitude Measures, Attitudes