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Coping with stuttering during adolescence
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ABSTRACTS
COPING WITH STUTTERING DURING ADOLESCENCE G. B L O O D , I. B L O O D , H. W E R T Z , J. W A D E , and C. M A P P University Park, PA, USA
This study examined coping resources and communication attitudes of 49 adolescents who stutter. Three self-report questionnaires were administered to subjects. Significant differences were found between mean scores for younger (mean = 13.6 yr) and older (mean = 17.4 yr) subjects on approach and avoidance coping scales. Older adolescents tended to use combinations of both approach and avoidance strategies, while younger subjects tended to use significantly fewer approach strategies and similar amounts and types of avoidance strategies than older subjects. It appeared that with increasing age, subjects became aware of, or learned to employ, multiple coping resources to deal with stuttering.
THE EFFECTS OF ALTERED AUDITORY FEEDBACK ON TOPOGRAPHIC EEG MAPPING IN STUTTERING SUBJECTS M. R A S T A T T E R , J. K A L I N O W S K I , and J. C R A N F O R D Greenville, NC, USA
A. S T U A R T Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Topographic maps of left and right hemisphere EEG, beta 1 (13.5-17.5 Hz), and beta 2 (17.6-25.5 Hz) bands of seven adult stuttering participants and seven age-matched normal speaking controls were obtained while at rest and reading text under three experimental conditions: nonaltered feedback (NAF), delayed auditory feedback [(DAF) 50 ms], and frequency altered feedback condition [(FAF) a downward shift of one-half octave]. Findings suggest that stuttering may reflect a sensory-linguistic, motor-integration anomaly where each hemisphere generates competing linguistic messages at hyperreactive amplitude levels.
ABSTRACTS
COPING WITH STUTTERING DURING ADOLESCENCE G. B L O O D , I. B L O O D , H. W E R T Z , J. W A D E , and C. M A P P University Park, PA, USA
This study examined coping resources and communication attitudes of 49 adolescents who stutter. Three self-report questionnaires were administered to subjects. Significant differences were found between mean scores for younger (mean = 13.6 yr) and older (mean = 17.4 yr) subjects on approach and avoidance coping scales. Older adolescents tended to use combinations of both approach and avoidance strategies, while younger subjects tended to use significantly fewer approach strategies and similar amounts and types of avoidance strategies than older subjects. It appeared that with increasing age, subjects became aware of, or learned to employ, multiple coping resources to deal with stuttering.
THE EFFECTS OF ALTERED AUDITORY FEEDBACK ON TOPOGRAPHIC EEG MAPPING IN STUTTERING SUBJECTS M. R A S T A T T E R , J. K A L I N O W S K I , and J. C R A N F O R D Greenville, NC, USA
A. S T U A R T Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Topographic maps of left and right hemisphere EEG, beta 1 (13.5-17.5 Hz), and beta 2 (17.6-25.5 Hz) bands of seven adult stuttering participants and seven age-matched normal speaking controls were obtained while at rest and reading text under three experimental conditions: nonaltered feedback (NAF), delayed auditory feedback [(DAF) 50 ms], and frequency altered feedback condition [(FAF) a downward shift of one-half octave]. Findings suggest that stuttering may reflect a sensory-linguistic, motor-integration anomaly where each hemisphere generates competing linguistic messages at hyperreactive amplitude levels.