Treatment efficacy for stuttering : a search for empirical bases

Author(s)

    • Cordes, Anne K.
    • Ingham, Roger J.

Bibliographic Information

Treatment efficacy for stuttering : a search for empirical bases

edited by Anne K. Cordes and Roger J. Ingham

Singular Pub. Group, c1998

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Papers based on a 3-day "State-of-the-Art Conference" held at the University of Georgia in March, 1997

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Presents a variety of approaches to stuttering and its treatment. Comprehensive reviews explain several important research areas and address their implications for treatment. The text presents data and interpretations from several different treatments for children and adults who stutter.

Table of Contents

  • Current themes in research and theory: recovery without treatment
  • definition and measurement of stuttering
  • implications of genetics research for stuttering treatment
  • on trying to learn from speech-motor control research on stuttering. Treatment procedures and outcomes: current status of the stuttering treatment literature
  • the fluent speech of children who received treatment for stuttering
  • developing treatment programmes for preschool children who stutter
  • assessing the impact of a common treatment for stuttering
  • toward cost-effective control of stuttering in adults
  • factors other than speech disfluency that influence the effectiveness of stuttering treatment
  • extraclinical generalization from stuttering treatments
  • toward effective treatments for stuttering.

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