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Peer reviewedPerkins, William H. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
The paper argues that listeners are unable to judge unit-by-unit occurrences of stuttering acceptably. Reasons for this state of affairs and its implications for therapy, theory, and research are analyzed. An alternative speech production definition with its implications is proposed, and a diagnostic method of validating authentic stuttering is…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Handicap Identification, Speech Habits
Download full textPedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T. – 1972
Stuttering is explained to be a time and rhythm speech disorder. The overview in outline form on stuttering notes the nature of the disorder, primary and secondary types, incidence, age of onset, stutterer's profile, intelligence, psychological traits, physiological traits, sociological traits, predisposing conditions, precipitating conditions,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Etiology, Exceptional Child Education, Speech Handicaps
Van Riper, Charles, Ed. – 1966
Presented is the syllabus of a training program to prepare therapists to work with stuttering children or adults. Intended for instructors, the information is presented in the form of five major chapters, each of which is divided into units. The unit usually consists of an introduction, suggested lecture topics (with source references), suggested…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Diagnosis, Etiology, Exceptional Child Education
Bloodstein, Oliver – 1969
Designed for students, clinicians, and research workers in speech pathology, the text attempts to reiterate and discuss research into the etiology, incidence, and treatment of stuttering. Areas of consideration are the symptomatology of stuttering, current theories of the origin of stuttering, its incidence, the personality and physical factors in…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Incidence, Medical Research, Psychological Characteristics
Webster, Ronald L. – 1968
Several experiments that manipulate stuttering by the use of delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and the prolongation of speech are reported. In a study on six severe stutterers (aged 15 to 47), self monitoring as a source of reinforcement in the use of DAF reduced stuttering frequency. Stuttering frequency was investigated with six severe stutterers…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Training
1967
TWENTY ARTICLES AND ABSTRACTS ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DIAGNOSIS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE COLLEGE OF SPEECH THERAPISTS IN GLASGOW IN 1966. FOUR PAPERS ON STAMMERING CONSIDER TONGUE THRUSTING, THE NEUROSES INVOLVED, PROGNOSIS, AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IN DISORDERS OF FLUENCY. OTHER ARTICLES DISCUSS AREAS…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Clinical Diagnosis, Conference Reports, Educational Diagnosis
