Stuttering
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Measurement of speech effort during fluency-inducing conditions in adults who do and do not stutter.

18 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of 4 fluency-inducing (FI) conditions on self-rated speech effort and other variables in adults who stutter and in normally fluent controls. METHOD: Twelve adults with persistent stuttering and 12 adults who had ... Read more...

Investigating the efficacy of paroxetine in developmental stuttering.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: Paroxetine has been reported to be useful for management of stuttering symptoms, but only a few reports have examined its effects. We have investigated the efficacy of paroxetine in a randomized, placebo-controlled study. METHODS: Five ... Read more...

Stuttering patients' opinions on the Digital Speech Aid.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: The Digital Speech Aid (DSA) is a portable device used to reduce stuttering. It incorporates delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and frequency-shifted auditory feedback (FAF). Due to its small size, the DSA can be used by the stutterer in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Stuttering'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Measurement of speech effort during fluency-inducing conditions in adults who do and do not stutter. 18 Aug 2009
• [Stuttering in children] 30 Jul 2009
• Investigating the efficacy of paroxetine in developmental stuttering. 29 Jun 2009
• Stuttering patients' opinions on the Digital Speech Aid. 29 Jun 2009
• The effect of stuttering on communication: a preliminary investigation. 29 Jun 2009
• Comparison of acoustic and kinematic approaches to measuring utterance-level speech variability. 27 Jun 2009
• Coping responses by adults who stutter: part II. Approaching the problem and achieving agency. 19 Jun 2009
• Prevalence of anxiety disorders among adults seeking speech therapy for stuttering. 11 Jun 2009
• Coping responses by adults who stutter: part I. Protecting the self and others. 9 Jun 2009
• Speech-activated myoclonus masquerading as stuttering. 31 May 2009
• The Peer Attitudes Toward Children who Stutter scale: reliability, known groups validity, and negativity of elementary school-age children's attitudes. 12 May 2009
• The impact of stuttering on the quality of life in adults who stutter. 12 May 2009
• Does language influence the accuracy of judgments of stuttering in children? 18 Apr 2009
• Normal interhemispheric inhibition in persistent developmental stuttering. 13 Apr 2009
• The role of large-scale neural interactions for developmental stuttering. 9 Apr 2009
• Awareness and reactions of young stuttering children aged 2-7 years old towards their speech disfluency. 30 Mar 2009
• Characteristics of stuttering in Dutch-speaking individuals. 30 Mar 2009
• The University College London Archive of Stuttered Speech (UCLASS). 30 Mar 2009
• Peer responses to stuttering in the preschool setting. 28 Mar 2009
• The attitudes, knowledge and beliefs of Arab parents in Kuwait about stuttering. 7 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Stuttering'

Definition: A disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech that is inappropriate for the individual's age. This disturbance is characterized by frequent repetitions or prolongations of sounds or syllables. Various other types of speech dysfluencies may also be involved including interjections, broken words, audible or silent blocking, circumlocutions, words produced with an excess of physical tension, and monosyllabic whole word repetitions. Stuttering may occur as a developmental condition in childhood or as an acquired disorder which may be associated with BRAIN INFARCTIONS and other BRAIN DISEASES. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D013342

Alternative terms: Stuttering; Stuttering, Developmental; Developmental Stuttering; Stuttering, Adult; Adult Stuttering; Stuttering, Childhood; Childhood Stuttering; Stammering; Stuttering, Acquired; Acquired Stuttering;

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Tree Number: C10.597.606.150.500.800.750; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.750;