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Martin, Richard R.; Lindamood, Linda P. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1986
The authors review and evaluate studies on spontaneous recovery from stuttering in children and conclude that the frequently cited 80% spontaneous recovery figure is too high. They propose that speech-language pathologists abandon the concept of spontaneous recovery when devising clinical management procedures for the stuttering child. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Speech Improvement, Speech Skills, Speech Therapy
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Halvorson, Jerome A. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1971
Response cost (punishment) decreased stuttering below the baserate frequency for three adult male stutterers, but when reintroduced after pairing with reinforcement, one subject's rate of stuttering did not immediately decrease, suggesting that punishment for stuttering may acquire discriminative attributes after systematic pairing with a…
Descriptors: Negative Reinforcement, Reinforcement, Research Projects, Speech Handicaps
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Adams, Martin R.; Popelka, Gerald – Behavior Therapy, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Reinforcement, Research Projects, Speech Handicaps
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Craig, Ashley – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
In this study, 102 adult stutterers were assessed on state and trait anxiety before, and on trait anxiety after, intensive behavioral treatment. Results showed that persons who stutter have significantly higher levels of fear (trait anxiety) in a demanding speech situation and also higher levels of chronic anxiety (trait anxiety) than matched…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Emotional Problems
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Ingham, Roger J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1989
The study with three adult stutterers evaluated the effects of instructions to rate and modify the naturalness of their speech and compared their self evaluations with evaluations of listeners. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Listening, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Speech Evaluation
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Gow, Merrilyn L.; Ingham, Roger J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
This study, involving an adolescent and adult male with stuttering problems, evaluated modification of the frequency of electroglottograph-measured phonation intervals on stuttering and speech naturalness. Both subjects demonstrated that stuttering could be controlled by modifying the frequency of phonation intervals within short duration ranges,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Intervention, Males
FRICK, JAMES V. – 1965
THERAPY PROCEDURES BASED ON MOTOR PLANNING TECHNIQUES WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE TREATMENT OF YOUNG ADULT STUTTERERS. THE SUBJECTS FOR THIS STUDY WERE 24 MALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RECEIVING THERAPY FOR STUTTERING. USING RATINGS OF THE SEVERITY OF THEIR OVERT STUTTERING, THE INVESTIGATOR DIVIDED THE SUBJECTS INTO AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND A CONTROL…
Descriptors: College Students, Psychomotor Skills, Speech Handicaps, Speech Improvement
Soderbery, George A. – 1970
The postdoctoral fellowship research described in this document was based on three main areas: 1) single subject research, including experiments in learning with a rat and with three stutterers; 2) linguistic research, including basic research methodology and the analysis of morphological and syntactical structures in a language; and 3)…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Linguistics, Neurology, Postdoctoral Education
Mowrer, Donald – Learning, 1978
This article offers guidelines for teachers who must deal with speech problems such as lisping and stuttering. (JD)
Descriptors: Primary Education, Speech Handicaps, Speech Pathology, Speech Therapy
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Runyan, Charles M.; Runyan, Sara Elizabeth – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1986
The "fluency rules" therapy program for young children who stutter consists of seven rules designed to teach children about the physiologic concepts associated with fluent speech production. Pilot testing with nine children (three- to seven-years-old) demonstrated its effectiveness in producing fluent speech and maintaining fluency for a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Physiology, Program Effectiveness, Speech Habits
Sacco, Pat R. – Instructor, 1974
Author suggests ways to help the stutterer adjust to everyday life. (GB)
Descriptors: Speech Handicaps, Speech Improvement, Speech Skills, Speech Therapy
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Brenner, Norman C.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1972
Descriptors: Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Speech Handicaps, Speech Therapy
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McCabe, Robert B.; McCollum, Judith Dane – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1972
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Disabilities, Feedback, Operant Conditioning
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Peins, Maryann – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1972
Descriptors: Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Speech Handicaps, Speech Improvement
Young, Martin A. – J Speech Hearing Res, 1970
Descriptors: Classification, Exceptional Child Research, Speech Evaluation, Speech Handicaps
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