Stuttering is a speech disorder during which the flow of speech is interrupted by involuntary
pauses and repetition of sounds. Stuttering identification is an interesting interdisciplinary …

Stuttering: Foundations and Clinical Applications, Third Edition presents a comprehensive
overview of the science and treatment of stuttering in a single text. The book offers a unique …

Purpose Stuttering epidemiology is reviewed with a primary goal of appraising methods
used to identify stuttering in large populations. Secondary goals were to establish a best …

The word 'fluency'is used in many different ways and is a crucial aspect not only of typical
speech but also of speech pathology and second language learning. To understand how …

There is growing evidence that motor and speech disorders co-occur during development. In
the present study, we investigated whether stuttering, a developmental speech disorder, is …

Background Multiple factors can influence the working alliance and treatment outcome in
speech and language therapy. The 'working alliance'is an important concept in treatment …

Louise Cummings provides a comprehensive introduction to speech and language therapy
which will give SLT students an excellent starting point for a wide range of communication …

Stuttering is a neuro-developmental speech impairment characterized by uncontrolled
utterances (interjections) and core behaviors (blocks, repetitions, and prolongations), and is …

Speech-language pathologists generally agree that cluttering and stuttering represent two
different fluency disorders. Differential diagnostics between cluttering and stuttering is …

Purpose Speech and language development in individuals with Down syndrome is often
delayed and/or disordered and speech disfluencies appear to be more common. These …