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An innovative integrated adult therapy program
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stuttering’s
ABSTRACTS
nonvariants.’
Other clinical observations
will be presented.
’ Terms used in phenomenology
An Innovative A. Meltzer,
Integrated
Adult Therapy Program
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Oral Presentation: 45 min. Therapy for stuttering has focused on eliminating speech disfluency regardless of whether this was stuttering or disfluency common to all speakers. To “ER” is human. In the spontaneous speech of nonstuttering adults, disfluency may be as high as 14 percent. Observation supports the view that stutterers have less normal disfluency than nonstutterers, possibly increasing stress. In this presentation the ordinary speech of nonstutterers provides the starting point for therapy. The theory, patient selection, and maintenance of skills are discussed. Acquisition and integration of normal speech disfluency to control stuttering, its facilitation of breathing, easy speech, rate control, and acceptance of “error” are described and demonstrated.
Normal Disfluency A. Meltzer
in Stutterers
and I. MacKay,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Presentation: I.5min. In the context of research and therapy for stuttering, it is common practice to distinguish fluent from disfluent speech. It is also common practice to consider any disfluency to be the equivalent of any other, that is, not to distinguish disfluencies according to their etiologies. However, it is apparent that a very considerable amount of disfluency occurs in the speech of persons who are not stutterers: it is labeled “normal disfluency.” To the best of our knowledge the incidence of normal disfluency in the speech of adult stutterers has not previously been determined. The present study examined the incidence of normal disfluency in the speech of 10 adult stutterers and a matched group of nonstutterers. Extemporaneous speech was collected in the form of an interview. A methodology was developed (MacKay and Meltzer, this conference) for the stutterers to categorize their disfluencies into stuttering, stuttering-related, or normal disfluency. The results indicated a significant difference in the rate of normal disfluencies in the speech of stutterers versus nonstutterers, with stutterers having a much lower rate of normal disfluency. Therapeutic implications are discussed. Oral
Vocal and Manual Timing Control of Adult Stutterers Nonstutterers. C. Melvin, H. Williams, J. Bishop, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Oral Presentation: IS min.
B. McClenaghan,
and Adult
W. Cooper,
and H. McDade,
Recent investigations in motor control have indicated that for some stutterers a timing deficit may be present in both manual and vocal motor output. It is not clear whether timing deficits are a manifestation of a faulty central timing mechanism or a failure in
stuttering’s
ABSTRACTS
nonvariants.’
Other clinical observations
will be presented.
’ Terms used in phenomenology
An Innovative A. Meltzer,
Integrated
Adult Therapy Program
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Oral Presentation: 45 min. Therapy for stuttering has focused on eliminating speech disfluency regardless of whether this was stuttering or disfluency common to all speakers. To “ER” is human. In the spontaneous speech of nonstuttering adults, disfluency may be as high as 14 percent. Observation supports the view that stutterers have less normal disfluency than nonstutterers, possibly increasing stress. In this presentation the ordinary speech of nonstutterers provides the starting point for therapy. The theory, patient selection, and maintenance of skills are discussed. Acquisition and integration of normal speech disfluency to control stuttering, its facilitation of breathing, easy speech, rate control, and acceptance of “error” are described and demonstrated.
Normal Disfluency A. Meltzer
in Stutterers
and I. MacKay,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Presentation: I.5min. In the context of research and therapy for stuttering, it is common practice to distinguish fluent from disfluent speech. It is also common practice to consider any disfluency to be the equivalent of any other, that is, not to distinguish disfluencies according to their etiologies. However, it is apparent that a very considerable amount of disfluency occurs in the speech of persons who are not stutterers: it is labeled “normal disfluency.” To the best of our knowledge the incidence of normal disfluency in the speech of adult stutterers has not previously been determined. The present study examined the incidence of normal disfluency in the speech of 10 adult stutterers and a matched group of nonstutterers. Extemporaneous speech was collected in the form of an interview. A methodology was developed (MacKay and Meltzer, this conference) for the stutterers to categorize their disfluencies into stuttering, stuttering-related, or normal disfluency. The results indicated a significant difference in the rate of normal disfluencies in the speech of stutterers versus nonstutterers, with stutterers having a much lower rate of normal disfluency. Therapeutic implications are discussed. Oral
Vocal and Manual Timing Control of Adult Stutterers Nonstutterers. C. Melvin, H. Williams, J. Bishop, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Oral Presentation: IS min.
B. McClenaghan,
and Adult
W. Cooper,
and H. McDade,
Recent investigations in motor control have indicated that for some stutterers a timing deficit may be present in both manual and vocal motor output. It is not clear whether timing deficits are a manifestation of a faulty central timing mechanism or a failure in