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Persistency and recovery in childhood stuttering: Findings and implications
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ABSTRACTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1997 MINISEMINARS
PERSISTENCY AND RECOVERY IN CHILDHOOD STUTTERING: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS E. YAIRI and N. A M B R O S E Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
The purpose of this miniseminar is to present the main findings and conclusions of a longitudinal study of 120 preschool age children who stutter. The magnitude and timing of spontaneous recovery, and various factors that determine why some children stop, while others persist in stuttering (e.g., genetics), as well as alternative explanations, will be discussed. Information concerning early predictive criteria for the two divergent developmental trends of persistency and recovery will be presented. Video samples will be demonstrated. Emphasis will be placed on implications for speech-language clinicians, people who stutter, families of stuttering children, and researchers.
DIMENSIONS OF STUTTERING IN CHILDHOOD: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN PROGRESS H. J O H A N N S E N , H. S C H U L Z E , D. R O M M E L , A. H A G E , and S. B R O S C H Ulm, Germany
In this miniseminar, longitudinal data on a long-term research project in progress about childhood stuttering are reported. The main interest of the study was to discover factors that allow an early prediction of future, chronic, or recovered development in stuttering. The research plan gathered data near the onset of stuttering development in 84 children in 6-month intervals over a period of 5 years. The children and their parents were investigated intensively in terms of changes in stuttering symptoms, cognitive and pyscholinguistic development, verbal and nonverbal interactions behavior, and psychosocial and medical background.
ABSTRACTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1997 MINISEMINARS
PERSISTENCY AND RECOVERY IN CHILDHOOD STUTTERING: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS E. YAIRI and N. A M B R O S E Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
The purpose of this miniseminar is to present the main findings and conclusions of a longitudinal study of 120 preschool age children who stutter. The magnitude and timing of spontaneous recovery, and various factors that determine why some children stop, while others persist in stuttering (e.g., genetics), as well as alternative explanations, will be discussed. Information concerning early predictive criteria for the two divergent developmental trends of persistency and recovery will be presented. Video samples will be demonstrated. Emphasis will be placed on implications for speech-language clinicians, people who stutter, families of stuttering children, and researchers.
DIMENSIONS OF STUTTERING IN CHILDHOOD: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN PROGRESS H. J O H A N N S E N , H. S C H U L Z E , D. R O M M E L , A. H A G E , and S. B R O S C H Ulm, Germany
In this miniseminar, longitudinal data on a long-term research project in progress about childhood stuttering are reported. The main interest of the study was to discover factors that allow an early prediction of future, chronic, or recovered development in stuttering. The research plan gathered data near the onset of stuttering development in 84 children in 6-month intervals over a period of 5 years. The children and their parents were investigated intensively in terms of changes in stuttering symptoms, cognitive and pyscholinguistic development, verbal and nonverbal interactions behavior, and psychosocial and medical background.