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Davidow, Jason H.; Ye, Jun; Edge, Robin L. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Speech-language pathologists often multitask in order to be efficient with their commonly large caseloads. In stuttering assessment, multitasking often involves collecting multiple measures simultaneously. Aims: The present study sought to determine reliability when collecting multiple measures simultaneously versus individually.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Measurement, Reliability, Group Activities
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Eichorn, Naomi; Donnan, Sidney – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: Disfluencies associated with stuttering generally occur in the initial position of words. This study reviews data from a school-age child with an atypical stuttering profile consisting predominantly of word-final disfluencies (WFDs). Our primary goals were to identify patterns in overt features of WFDs and to extend our understanding of…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Profiles, Intervention, Clinical Diagnosis
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Erdem, Ilhan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
Stuttering is a speech defect which is seen in all countries. Stuttering affects fluency of speech due to some physiological, psychological and neurological causes. Protractions, clogs and repeats are seen in stuttering. Since it will probably result in social handicaps, stuttering should be considered as more important than other speech defects.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Stuttering, Elementary School Teachers, Positive Attitudes
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Anderson, Julie D.; Wagovich, Stacy A. – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2010
Relatively recently, experimental studies of linguistic processing speed in children who stutter (CWS) have emerged, some of which suggest differences in performance among CWS compared to children who do not stutter (CWNS). What is not yet well understood is the extent to which underlying cognitive skills may impact performance on timed tasks of…
Descriptors: Phonology, Program Effectiveness, Short Term Memory, Linguistic Performance
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Hughes, Stephanie; Gabel, Rodney; Irani, Farzan; Schlagheck, Adam – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2010
Semantic differential instruments are often used to assess fluent speakers' attitudes toward people who stutter (PWS). Such instruments are prone to response bias and often lack the power to explain respondents' general impressions of PWS. To address these concerns 149 fluent university students completed an open-ended questionnaire in which they…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Semantics, Negative Attitudes, Psychologists
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St. Louis, Kenneth O.; Reichel, Isabella K.; Yaruss, J. Scott; Lubker, Bobbie Boyd – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2009
Purpose: Construct validity and concurrent validity were investigated in a prototype survey instrument, the "Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Experimental Edition" (POSHA-E). The POSHA-E was designed to measure public attitudes toward stuttering within the context of eight other attributes, or "anchors," assumed to range from negative…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Stuttering, Questionnaires