The article presents brief reviews of 20 works of children's fiction in which a character stutters. Noted are ways authors portray such aspects of stuttering as symptomatology, causation, and treatment. (Author/DB)

The study compared five adult stutterers' and five adult nonstutterers' fluent speech patterns produced during one nonshadowed reading and two speech-shadowing conditions (immediate repetition of a heard message). Among results were that stutterers produced fewer speech production errors than nonstutterers during shadowing conditions. (Author/DB)

A study involving 12 preschool stutterers, 12 nonstutterers and their mothers indicated that mothers of nonstutterers interrupted the disfluent speech of stutterers significantly more often than mothers of stutterers. All mothers interrupted children's disfluent speech significantly more than they interrupted children's fluent speech. All children…

A literature review of conditions that might be expected to increase stuttering reveals that most investigators have not been able to raise stuttering frequency above control or base levels. Although some variables may increase stuttering, the research is too meager to speculate about underlying factors. (Author/CL)

An identification procedure to distinguish between beginning stutterers and normally disfluent children, "A Protocol for Differentiating the Incipient Stutterer," is an appraisal tool that synthesizes existing knowledge into a unique format which guides clinical observations, data collection, and interpretation. The design, administration, and…

Stuttering has the potential of being an educationally, socially, and vocationally handicapping condition. This article provides information to allow teachers to recognize stutterers and to provide an appropriate classroom environment. (MT)

Replicated findings from research on stuttering are reviewed according to five major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): symptoms, prevalence, incidence; stutterer-nonstutterer differences (personality factors, intelligence); variability of stuttering (variation by time, situation, language factors); treatment; and theories. The theory…

A reaction to the review of replicated findings concerning stuttering cites disagreement with the definition of stuttering used and notes implications for findings on treatment, clinical effects, recovery, stutterer-nonstutterer differences, and theory. (CL)

The author reviews ways in which stutterers manage their interaction in terms of speech practices, management strategies (such as avoiding troublesome situations, rehearsing social activities), and conversational practices (including managing conversation topics and using starters to initiate utterances). The value of such "folk remedies" in…

In several earlier investigations an exceptionally high frequency of stuttering in individuals with Down's syndrome has been found. It has been doubted whether these symptoms represent genuine stuttering, or if it is the question of stuttering-like behavior, particularly cluttering. Statistical analysis showed the occurrence of stuttering and…

Percent of stutterings predicted accurately by 84 stutterers, ages 8-16 years, for a list of 50 words read aloud was determined. (KW)

Reviews three varieties of neurogenic stuttering and their clinical implications. (MB)

With the exception of revision and interjection for stutterers, the adaptation effect (reduction in disfluencies after repeated oral reading) was observed for each of six types of disfluencies among both stutterers and nonstutterers. (KW)

On two tests of phonetic manipulation 25 male stutterers were found to be inferior to matched controls. Results are reported to be consistent with previous findings of author and to interrelate with earlier research suggesting that some inadequacy in sound-making skills is an important aspect of stuttering. (Author/KW)