A combination of training in deep muscle relaxation, instruction in phonation in controlled vowel contexts, and gradual reintroduction of a normal voice quality restored normal voice quality after five sessions to a 40-year-old female with hoarseness of sudden onset and of suspected psychogenic origin. (Author/KW)

The case of a 15-year-old stutterer is presented to illustrate A. Lazarus's multimodal behavior therapy model, proposed to integrate various procedures. A combination of role playing, metronome use, biofeedback training, and assertion training was used. (CL)

The 10-year longitudinal case study describes the history, speech therapy program, and treatment results for an adult male with Wilson's disease, a genetically based metabolic progressive neurological disorder which includes severe speech problems. (DB)

The paper presents a case study of a phonologically disordered child whose intelligibility seemed particularly hindered by his use of both metathesis and sound preference and whose preferred sounds was promoted by other sounds in the words. Findings indicate the importance of considering contextual effects when examining for systematicity and…

Five cases of adolescents with functional aphonia (lack of speech despite normally appearing vocal chords) are presented. Therapeutic management is described which followed the symptomatic voice therapy approach. A consistent theme for four of the adolescents was stressful family environment, academic failure, and inadequate peer support.…

Information theory is applied in the analysis and treatment of a 6-year-old child demonstrating inconsistent omissions of /z/. (KW)

Recounted are the experiences of a speech therapist with an adolescent Mexican boy and the development of their relationship over 23 sessions. (IM)

Presented are 18 case studies of successful and unsuccessful speech therapy with stutterers. Stressed is the importance of the therapeutic relationship for the success of any speech therapy technique. Each of nine therapists presents both a successful and an unsuccessful case study. Case studies usually include background information, a discussion…

Case studies of two 8-year-old stutterers describe the use of positive reinforcement for 30-second intervals of speech fluency. (CL)

Articulation test performance following nine testing sessions and 14 therapy sessions indicated mastery of all but two of the original error sounds. It was concluded that the technique of treating all production errors in each remediation session can be a rapid and effective procedure with children displaying multiple sound errors. (DLS)