Formant Transitions in the Fluent Speech of Farsi-Speaking People Who Stutter
Conclusions During perceptually fluent utterances, the stuttering speakers had greater F2 frequency extents during transitions, took longer to reach vowel steady state, exhibited some evidence of steeper slopes at the beginning of transitions, had overall similar F2 formant slopes, and had slower speaking rates compared to nonstuttering speakers. Findings support the notion of different speech motor timing strategies in stuttering speakers. Findings are likely to be independent of the language spoken. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - February 11, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Stuttering: An integrated approach to its nature and treatment, 4th ed., B. Guitar. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (2014)
Publication date: Available online 4 February 2016 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Kia N. Johnson (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - February 5, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
(2012)
Publication date: Available online 4 February 2016 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Mark Baer (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - February 5, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Mindfulness and Stuttering: Using Eastern Strategies to Speak with Greater Ease, E.-M. Silverman (2012)
Publication date: Available online 1 February 2016 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Diane Constantino (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - February 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Stuttering: An Integrated Approach to Its Nature and Treatment, 4th edition, B. Guitar. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (2014)
Publication date: Available online 2 February 2016 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Alison R. Scheer-Cohen (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - February 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Associations between beliefs about and reactions toward people who stutter
Conclusion The finding of an association between beliefs and intended reactions validates attempts to improve public treatment of PWS through improving the accuracy of beliefs about PWS. Additionally, because familiarity with PWS is a significant predictor of helpful and positive reactions toward PWS, interventions involving PWS educating others through direct interpersonal interactions may be one effective way to improve public reactions toward individuals who stutter. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - January 11, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Speech Pathology Student Clinician Attitudes and Beliefs Towards People who Stutter: A mixed-method pilot study
Conclusion This research revealed that Australian final year speech pathology students exhibit positive attitudes towards people who stutter. They displayed an understanding that people who stutter may have acquired traits such as shyness as a response to their personal situation and environment, rather than those traits being endemic to them. Results also suggested that education can play a role in creating confident student clinicians in their transition to practice, and positively influence their attitudes and beliefs. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - January 11, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Qualitative Analysis of Bibliotherapy as a Tool for Adults who Stutter and Graduate Students
Conclusion Both graduate students and clients reported benefits from reading and discussing a memoir about stuttering. Bibliotherapy can be an effective tool in therapy and clinical education when used appropriately. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - December 25, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Parent verbal contingencies during the Lidcombe Program: Observations and statistical modeling of the treatment process
Conclusion Parents mostly provided the expected types of contingencies but the number was lower than expected. An unexpected association was found between number of verbal contingencies for stuttering and treatment duration. Further research is required to explore the relation between rates of parent verbal contingencies, treatment process duration, and treatment outcome. Educational objectives : (a) Readers can describe how parents are providing verbal contingencies to their children during practice sessions and natural conversations as part of Lidcombe Program treatment; (b) Readers can compare the provision of verbal...
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - December 22, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Phonetic complexity of words immediately following utterance-initial productions in children who stutter
Conclusion Findings support previous data that suggest the phonetic complexity of speech, at least as measured by the WCM, does not distinctly influence stuttered speech in preschool-age children. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - November 4, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Corrigendum to “Relation of motor, linguistic and temperament factors in epidemiologic subtypes of persistent and recovered stuttering: Initial findings” [J. Fluen. Disord. 45 (2015) 12–26]
Publication date: Available online 8 October 2015 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Nicoline G. Ambrose, Ehud Yairi, Torrey M. Loucks, Carol Hubbard Seery, Rebecca Throneburg (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - October 21, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Corrigendum to Relation of Motor, Linguistic and Temperament Factors in Epidemiologic Subtypes of Persistent and Recovered Stuttering: Initial Findings [Journal of Fluency Disorders 45 (2015) 12-26]
Publication date: Available online 8 October 2015 Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders Author(s): Nicoline G. Ambrose, Ehud Yairi, Torrey M. Loucks, Carol Hubbard Seery, Rebecca Throneburg (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - October 9, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Communication attitudes in children who stutter: A meta-analytic review
Conclusion The results indicate that negative communication attitudes can be an effect of stuttering. Key issues requiring further investigation are whether communication attitudes differ as a function of age at stuttering onset and whether communication attitudes influence the development of stuttering. Educational Objectives : After reading this article, the reader will be able to: (a) summarise empirical findings with regard to the relationship between communication attitudes and childhood stuttering; (b) describe the different instruments used to measure communication attitudes; (c) discuss the relationship between c...
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - September 11, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Communication Attitudes in Children who Stutter: A Meta-analytic Review Journal of Fluency Disorders
Conclusion The results indicate that negative communication attitudes can be an effect of stuttering. Key issues requiring further investigation are whether communication attitudes differ as a function of age at stuttering onset and whether communication attitudes influence the development of stuttering. (Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders)
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - September 2, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Children and adolescents who stutter: Further investigation of anxiety
Conclusions Experts suggest high scores on the RCMAS Lie Scale are indicative of participants attempting to present themselves in a positive light and so cast doubt on the veracity of their other responses on the test. One interpretation, then, is that the boys were concealing true levels of anxiety about their stuttering. The results suggest why findings of anxiety studies in children and adolescents to date are equivocal. Clinical implications are discussed. Educational objectives : The reader will be able to: (a) discuss why understanding when anxiety starts in people who stutter is important, (b) describe the functi...
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - August 18, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
