Recovery from Stuttering

This book is a comprehensive guide to the evidence, theories, and practical issues associated with recovery from stuttering in early childhood and into adolescence. It examines evidence that stuttering is associated with a range of biological factors — such as genetics — and psychological factors —...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Howell, Peter
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Psychology Press 2011
Taylor and Francis
Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis Group
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesLanguage and speech disorders
Subjects
Adolescent
Child
Neuropsychological Tests & Assessments
Psycholinguistics
Speech Production Disorders (including Stuttering)
Stuttering
Stuttering in children
Stuttering Symptoms
Part-word Repetitions
Content Words
Fluent Controls
Vice Versa
Developmental Stuttering
Speech Language Pathologists
Fluent Speakers
Efferent Copy
Stuttering Onset
De Nil
Single Syllable Word Repetitions
Persistent Stuttering
Covert Repair
Auditory Feedback
Covert Repair Hypothesis
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
DAF
Function Words
Stuttering Rate
Speech Errors
Phrase Repetitions
Van Lieshout
Normal Nonfluency
Motor Timing
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ISBN9781848729162
1848729162
1138997102
9781138997103
DOI10.4324/9780203847404

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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Section I: General Aspects of Developmental Stuttering -- 1 Definitions, Stuttering Severity, and Categorization Instruments -- 2 Epidemiology -- 3 Symptomatology -- Section II: Factors Related to Developmental Stuttering Based on Experimental Studies -- 4 Genetic Factors and Their Impact on Onset and Recovery of Stuttering -- 5 CNS Factors in Investigations Into Persistent and Recovered Stuttering -- 6 Cognitive Factors -- 7 Language Factors -- 8 Motor Factors -- 9 Environmental, Personality, and Emotional Factors -- Section III: Theoretical Frameworks on Developmental Stuttering -- 10 Models That Attribute Stuttering to Language Factors Alone -- 11 Theories That Explain Why Altered Feedback Improves the Speech Control of Speakers Who Stutter and General Theories of Speech Production That Include Accounts of Stuttering -- 12 Model That Proposes an Interaction Between Language and Motor Factors: EXPLAN -- Section IV: Practical Issues in Developmental Stuttering -- 13 Early Diagnosis of Stuttering and Its Prognosis to Teenage Years and Beyond -- 14 Subtyping -- 15 Application to Treatment and General Issues About Recovery -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index