A novel approach for measuring social participation in adults who stutter

Conclusions Preliminary data suggests that the APM can provide valuable information about the amount adults who stutter speak. The APM is sufficiently sensitive to differentiate variations in the amount of phonation during different speaking situations. These favourable preliminary results suggest the value of a larger scale study. Educational objectives The reader will be able to: (a) describe the different aspects of stuttering currently routinely measured in clinical practice; (b) discuss the limitations of current measurement procedures, (c) discuss the advantages of speech measures obtained by an Ambulatory Phonation Monitor APM), and (d) describe the perspectives of adults who stutter who have worn an APM to measure phonation time.
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research