This article provides classroom teachers with background on the problem of stuttering and with suggestions for making the stuttering child comfortable in the classroom. (SJL)

Two experimental groups (N=10) of deaf students (mean age ten years) who were mainstreamed in ordinary schools showed greater improvement in reading, articulation, and rate of utterance than control deaf students in special schools. (CL)

The article reviews existing theories and programs for teaching music to hearing-impaired students. Recent empirical evidence indicates that an auditory-based music program can increase speech intelligibility through improvement of the suprasegmental aspects of speech. (Author/DB)

Laboratory results are presented which suggest that hearing-impaired individuals' speech perception can be enhanced through use of tactile aids with a number of tactile transducers conveying information about the spectral content of the speech signal, and speech production can be improved through experience using a multichannel tactile aid.…

Glossometry, a method of providing visual feedback of tongue positions, was used to teach four vowel sounds to six profoundly hearing-impaired children. After 15 to 20 50-minute training sessions, all subjects showed greater diversification of tongue postures for the vowels. Listener identifications were also generally better after therapy.…

This response to Fey (EC 604 058) explores possible factors deterring clinicians from employing phonological constructs in assessment and remediation of children with speech disorders. Underlying concepts and target patterns that have helped expedite intelligibility gains are also explained. (Author/DB)

Reviews the history of the terms "impairment,""disability," and "handicap" in the stuttering literature and proposes alternate definitions that are more consistent with the use of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps. A model is proposed for discussing the outcomes of various…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of recovery from stuttering based on the experiences of adults who recovered without treatment. Using a semi-structured, open-ended interview format, 15 speakers verified as persons who recovered without treatment were asked to describe their status as everyday speakers. Seven speakers…

Purpose: To investigate the effect of repeated exposure to delayed auditory feedback (DAF) during a 3-month period outside a clinical environment and with only minimal clinical guidance on speech fluency in people who stutter. Method: A pretest-post-test design was used with repeated exposure to DAF during 3 months as the independent variable.…

A MANUAL, TO PROVIDE PARENTS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THE SPEECH TEACHER AND WITH METHODS TO CORRECT THE POOR SPEECH HABITS OF THEIR CHILDREN IS PRESENTED. AREAS INCLUDE THE ORGANS OF SPEECH, WHERE THEY SHOULD BE PLACED TO MAKE EACH SOUND, AND HOW THEY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT MOVE. EASY DIRECTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR PRODUCING THE MOST…

The report summarizes a project investigating effects of biofeedback on nine secondary students with speech problems including stuttering, vocal nodules, articulation problems, and cerebral palsy. It is explained that a portable electromyograph was used to give the students immediate visual and/or auditory feedback. Results listed include that Ss…

Man uses essentially the same structures for eating as he does for speaking. Speech, however, is accomplished by elaborating upon the basic ingestion functions of these structures. It is theorized that the appropriate and efficient use of these motile organs in eating should lead eventually to more appropriate and efficient patterns of speech. For…