Behavioural, emotional and social development of children who stutter
Conclusion Children who stutter may begin to show impaired behavioural, emotional and social development as early as age 3, and these difficulties are well established in older children who stutter. Parents and practitioners need to be aware of the possibility of these difficulties and intervention needs to be provided in a timely fashion to such difficulties in childhood and to prevent the potential development of serious mental health difficulties later in life. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - September 15, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Specific subtype of fluency disorder affecting French speaking children: A phonological analysis
Conclusion The present study provides data suggesting that there exist major differences in syllable production between the disfluencies produced by our 8 children and stuttered disfluencies. Consequently, we believe that this fluency disorder should be recognized as distinct from stuttering. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - September 11, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
An investigation of the effects of a speech-restructuring treatment for stuttering on the distribution of intervals of phonation
Conclusions Stuttering reduction with speech-restructuring treatment can co-occur with reduction in the frequency of short PIs. However, the latter does not appear necessary for this reduction in stuttering to occur. Thus, speech-restructuring treatment must have other, or additional, treatment agents for stuttering to reduce. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - September 9, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Reactions of protective service workers towards people who stutter
Conclusion Less favorable intended reactions of protective services workers toward PWS indicate a need for protective services workers to receive training in best practices when interacting with PWS. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - August 23, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Parents ’ reactions to children’s stuttering and style of coping with stress
Conclusion The cognitive reactions of the parents’ towards their child’s stuttering were most frequent, while the emotional ones were the least frequent. Confronted with a stressful situation, the fathers most often adapt the task-oriented coping, whereas the mothers use the avoidance-oriented coping. Educational objectives: the reader will be able to (1) learn what the key reactions of parents to their children’s stuttering are, (2) describe stuttering as a stress factor for the parents, (3) describe the factors which influence parents’ reactions to their child’s stuttering and their coping style. (Source: Journ...
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - August 21, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Premonitory Awareness in Stuttering Scale (PAiS)
Publication date: Available online 9 August 2016 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Joana Cholin, Sabrina Heiler, Alexander Whillier, Martin Sommer Anticipation of stuttering events in persistent developmental stuttering is a frequent but inadequately measured phenomenon that is of both theoretical and clinical importance. Here, we describe the development and preliminary testing of a German version of the Premonitory Awareness in Stuttering Scale (PAiS) a 12-item questionnaire assessing immediate and prospective anticipation of stuttering that was translated and adapted from the Premonitory Urge for Tics...
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - August 9, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Phase II trial of a syllable-timed speech treatment for school-age children who stutter
Conclusions The results of this trial are sufficiently encouraging to warrant further clinical trials of the method. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - August 3, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
The Lidcombe Program of Early Stuttering Intervention for Malaysian Families: Four Case Studies
Conclusions The outcomes were achieved without the need to significantly adapt Lidcombe Program procedures to Malaysian culture. Further research to continue evaluation of the Lidcombe Program with Malaysian families and to estimate proportion of those who will respond is warranted. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - August 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Prevalence of anxiety disorders among children who stutter
Conclusion These results show that, as is the case during adulthood, stuttering during childhood is associated with a significantly heightened rate of anxiety disorders. Future research is needed to determine the impact of those disorders on speech treatment outcomes. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - July 24, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Elementary school students ’ perceptions of stuttering: A mixed model approach
Conclusion The findings of this study together with past research in this area should help clinicians and their clients appreciate the range of social and emotional reactions peers have of a child who stutters. Educational objectives : After reading this article, the reader will be able to: (a) discuss past research regarding children's perceptions of stuttering; (b) summarize the need to explore the perceptions of elementary-aged children toward a peer who stutters; (c) describe the major quantitative and qualitative findings of children's perceptions of stuttering; and (d) discuss the need for disseminating more infor...
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - July 20, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Linguistic and Emotional-Valence Characteristics of Reading Passages for Clinical Use and Research
Publication date: Available online 30 June 2016 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Boaz M. Ben-David, Maroof I. Moral, Aravind K. Namasivayam, Hadas Erel, Pascal H.H.M. van Lieshout (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - June 29, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
International Phase II clinical trial of CBTPsych: A standalone Internet social anxiety treatment for adults who stutter
Conclusions CBTPsych is a promising individualized treatment for social anxiety for a proportion of adults who stutter, which requires no health care costs in terms of clinician contact or support. Educational objectives The reader will be able to: (a) Discuss the reasons for investigating CBTPsych without any clinical contact (b) Describe the main components of the CBTPsych treatment; (c) Summarize the results of this clinical trial; (d) Describe how the results might affect clinical practice, if at all. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - June 27, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Phase II trial development of a syllable-timed speech treatment for school-age children who stutter
Conclusions The results of this trial are sufficiently encouraging to warrant further clinical trials of the method. Educational objectives The reader will be able to: (a) Discuss the reasons for investigating a new treatment for school-age children; (b) Describe the main components of the STS treatment; (c) Summarize the results of this clinical trial; (d) Discuss the outcomes of this trial in relation to current theory (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - June 21, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Stuttering, Alcohol Consumption and Smoking
Conclusion Because of the association between anxiety and substance use, individuals who stutter and are anxious might be found to drink or smoke excessively, but as a group, people who stutter are not more likely than those who do not to have high levels of consumption of alcohol or nicotine. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - June 6, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Delayed N2 response in Go condition in a visual Go/Nogo ERP study in children who stutter
Conclusions Our findings did not confirm less efficient inhibitory control in CWS but suggest atypical attentional processing such as stimulus evaluation and response selection. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - March 6, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
