Both studies that investigated the use of self-modelling in conjunction with speech restructuring (Cream et al., 2009, 2010) reported positive changes in self-reported severity ratings. Taken together, they therefore provide support…
What caused the problem? So what might explain this unusual state of affairs with our discipline’s efforts with stuttering treatments? Speech pathology, physiotherapy and occupational therapy seem to have in…
Early intervention for preschoolers is thought by many to be desirable, although the known 70% natural recovery rate of this population (Yairi and Ambrose, 2005) must be controlled for in…
Starting from this multidimensional view of humans and bearing in mind the diverse symptomatology in people who stutter, Brajović and Brajović (1976, 1981) developed the CSD method, or Svesna Sinteza…
It is important with a treatment that uses a novel speech pattern to be sure that speech is not in any way unusual sounding. So we assembled random post-treatment recordings,…
These studies then show the positive results of CBT on social anxiety. Unfortunately, several of them are lacking in a comparison group and are without long-term follow-up. Advantages and disadvantages…
As shown in Table 6.1, there have been five reports of the efficacy of intensive speech restructuring with school-age children. Thus far, the most promising evidence for the efficacy of…
The PCI approach rests on the research interpretation that physiological and linguistic factors may be significant in the onset and development of stuttering and that their interaction with emotional and…
In terms of efficiency, the telehealth group required a mean of 10 hours 17 minutes contact time compared to the standard group mean of 12 hours 54 minutes. This difference…
With regard to self-report data, S-24 pre-treatment and 10-year follow-up data were available for 10 participants and SPQ data were obtained from 12 participants at 10 years follow-up. The pre-treatment…
