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Community-based fluency program- Part II: 6 years and beyond
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COMMUNITY-BASED FLUENCY PROGRAMPART II: 6 YEARS AND BEYOND S. CHRISTENSEN and E. HAYNES Calgary, Canada
Maintenance data (6 to 36 months post-treatment) utilizing objective measures of speech parameters and accepted attitude measures are reported from 100 children, adolescents, and adults who had previously attended intervention in the CAFET/CAFET-for-Kids programs. A description of the programs and group measures will be provided. A summary review of establishment data (previously presented in August 1997 at the IFA Congress, San Francisco) will also be included. This session is intended to contribute to the information regarding clinical program designs that affect not only establishment but also maintenance of fluency over an extended period of time. Poster
DISFLUENCIES OF SPEECH IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPHASIA O. D L O U H A Prague, Czech Republic
The author discusses the occurence of stuttering in children with developmental dysphasia. The typical clinical picture of dysphasia is delayed speech development with specific disorders in all speech structures (phonologic, lexical, syntactic, associative) with a comprehension problem varying in intensity. During delayed development, some dysphasic children have problems with disfluency of speech. Some stuttering is associated with disordered phonology, especially in those children who also have articulation problems. It is difficult to separate cognitive, language and articulation problems coexisting with stuttering. Discrimination can be improved, however, by increasing speech stress. In our study, a group of 100 children (69 boys, 31 girls, average age 6 years and 2 months) with developmental dysphasia was studied with a follow-up period of 1-4 years. Breaks in fluency at the word level, including sound and syllable repetitions, sound prolongations, as well as nonrepetitive disfluencies (pauses, interjections, and revisions) were followed. Poster
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COMMUNITY-BASED FLUENCY PROGRAMPART II: 6 YEARS AND BEYOND S. CHRISTENSEN and E. HAYNES Calgary, Canada
Maintenance data (6 to 36 months post-treatment) utilizing objective measures of speech parameters and accepted attitude measures are reported from 100 children, adolescents, and adults who had previously attended intervention in the CAFET/CAFET-for-Kids programs. A description of the programs and group measures will be provided. A summary review of establishment data (previously presented in August 1997 at the IFA Congress, San Francisco) will also be included. This session is intended to contribute to the information regarding clinical program designs that affect not only establishment but also maintenance of fluency over an extended period of time. Poster
DISFLUENCIES OF SPEECH IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPHASIA O. D L O U H A Prague, Czech Republic
The author discusses the occurence of stuttering in children with developmental dysphasia. The typical clinical picture of dysphasia is delayed speech development with specific disorders in all speech structures (phonologic, lexical, syntactic, associative) with a comprehension problem varying in intensity. During delayed development, some dysphasic children have problems with disfluency of speech. Some stuttering is associated with disordered phonology, especially in those children who also have articulation problems. It is difficult to separate cognitive, language and articulation problems coexisting with stuttering. Discrimination can be improved, however, by increasing speech stress. In our study, a group of 100 children (69 boys, 31 girls, average age 6 years and 2 months) with developmental dysphasia was studied with a follow-up period of 1-4 years. Breaks in fluency at the word level, including sound and syllable repetitions, sound prolongations, as well as nonrepetitive disfluencies (pauses, interjections, and revisions) were followed. Poster