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Constantino, Christopher Dominick; Eichorn, Naomi; Buder, Eugene H.; Beck, J. Gayle; Manning, Walter H. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This study measures the experience of spontaneous speech in everyday speaking situations. Spontaneity of speech is a novel concept developed to account for the subjective experience of speaking. Spontaneous speech is characterized by little premeditation and effortless production, and it is enjoyable and meaningful. Attention is not…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Speech Communication, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Adi Zloof Golombick; Gil Zukerman; Michal Icht – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Research suggests that participating in a stuttering simulation-based learning (SBL) program could help speech-language pathology (SLP) students feel more at ease, less nervous and more capable while interacting with people who stutter. Personality traits may influence SLP students' self-efficacy beliefs as well as their level of…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Simulation, Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology
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Kelly, Ellen M.; Singer, Cara M.; Henderson, Jack K.; Shaw, Kenton O. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to survey school speech-language practitioners' self-perceptions of their confidence, knowledge, and need for support for working with school-age students who stutter (SWS). Method: A total of 120 school-based speech-language practitioners from 27 Nashville, Tennessee, area counties completed an online,…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Intervention
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Ryan, Fiona; O'Dwyer, Mary; Leahy, Margaret M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
Stuttering is a complex disorder of speech that encompasses motor speech and emotional and cognitive factors. The use of narrative therapy is described here, focusing on the stories that clients tell about the problems associated with stuttering that they have encountered in their lives. Narrative therapy uses these stories to understand, analyze,…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Speech Therapy, Psychomotor Skills, Cognitive Processes
Howell, Peter; Van Borsel, John – Multilingual Matters, 2011
This book contains contributions by scholars working on diverse aspects of speech who bring their findings to bear on the practical issue of how to treat stuttering in different language groups and in multilingual speakers. The book considers classic issues in speech production research, as well as whether regions of the brain that are affected in…
Descriptors: Speech, Stuttering, Multilingualism, Communication Disorders
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Tasko, Stephen M.; McClean, Michael D.; Runyan, Charles M. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2007
Participants of stuttering treatment programs provide an opportunity to evaluate persons who stutter as they demonstrate varying levels of fluency. Identifying physiologic correlates of altered fluency levels may lead to insights about mechanisms of speech disfluency. This study examined respiratory, orofacial kinematic and acoustic measures in 35…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Severity (of Disability), Speech, Speech Evaluation