Background: Stuttering, a neurodevelopmental speech fluency disorder, is associated with intermittent disruptions of speech-motor control. Behavioural treatments for adults who stutter (AWS) concentrate on adopting speech patterns that enhance fluency, such as speaking rhythmically or prolonging speech sounds. However, maintaining these treatment…

Purpose: This study explored the impact of in-person oral presentations on stuttering as a means of improving attitudes toward stuttering among preservice teachers. The educational intervention was tested under three conditions, which varied according to who presented the information. The research question sought to determine if differences in…

Purpose: This study aimed to identify contributors to communicative participation in adults who stutter. Specifically, it was of interest to determine whether psychosocial variables of self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social support were predictive of communicative participation beyond contributions of demographic and speech-related variables.…

Purpose: This clinical trial determined the outcomes of a simple syllable-timed speech (STS) treatment for school-age children who stutter. Method: Participants were 10 children, ages 6-11 years, who stutter. Treatment involved training the children and their parents to use STS at near normal speech rates. The technique was practiced in the clinic…

This study of three males who stutter and two males with normal speech examined the effects of the Hollins Precision Fluency Shaping Program. Results indicate that the behavioral treatment was effective in changing the fluent speech of the subject with respect to respiration, laryngeal valving, and articulation. (Author/CR)

A series of single-subject experiments evaluated the effects of frequency-altered auditory feedback (FAF) on the speech performance of four adult males who stutter. FAF was compared with normal auditory feedback in oral reading and spontaneous speech. Results indicate no consistencies across subjects in responses to FAF. (Author/CR)

This book provides an overview of communication disorders and their causes and provides suggestions for strategies to be used by the classroom teacher in collaboration with the speech-language pathologist and audiologist to enhance communication skills development. Chapters have the following titles and authors: "Articulation Disorders" (Rhonda S.…