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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Stutter"”.
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Addressing bullying of children who stutter
Research indicates that individuals who stutter are at higher risk of being targets of bullying which is associated with a variety of poor mental health and social outcomes. This report serves as a guide to assist SLPs in understanding and addressing this issue in a clinical setting. Specifically, …
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Adolescents Who Stutter: Perception of Effective Therapy Techniques
Stuttering is considered a low-incidence communication disorder, but for those who stutter, the symptoms can handicap many aspects of life. Stuttering typically presents early in childhood and data indicates the probability for natural recovery ends near the emergence of adolescence. When …
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A mathematical model of polymerase chain reaction induced stutter
This is a thesis on understanding stutter present in capillary electropherogram readouts as this methodology forms the basis of current DNA fingerprinting. The readouts come from taking samples of various initial template masses of DNA from different individuals, applying polymerase chain reaction …
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Animal assisted interventions for people who stutter : a clinical guide
… use of animal assisted therapy with persons who stutter has been discussed in several public forums but has not currently been investigated through empirical research. The following report will explore the history and analyze current research on animal assisted therapy. Recommendations for …
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A large-scale analysis of lexical diversity in children who stutter
… lexical abilities in 99 pairs of children who stutter (CWS), ages 25 – 100 months and age-, gender-, and SES-matched children who do not stutter (CWNS) in spontaneous conversation and on standardized vocabulary tests. Correlations among lexical diversity measures and dissociations between …
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Lexical and Sublexical Characteristics of Words Produced Disfluently by Adults Who Stutter
<p>The examination of stuttered words dates back over 70 years. While recent studies have examined the speech of children who stutter (CWS) (Anderson & Byrd, 2008) or small parts of speech of adults who stutter (AWS) (Au-Yeung, Howell, & Pilgrim, 1998, little is known about the words produced …
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Neuroanatomical differences in adults and children who stutter: a voxel-based morphometry study
… and structural differences in adults who stutter and children who stutter compared to fluent controls. However, a comparison of neuroanatomical differences between adult group and children group has not been reported in the literature. The current study examined neuroanatomical differences …
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Facilitating transfer and maintenance in school-aged children who stutter : a guidebook for clinicians
… of transfer and maintenance as it relates to stuttering, b) explore the unique challenges that face the school-aged population, c) examine research outside of the field that may be of benefit for school-aged stuttering clients, and d) provide the clinician with examples and activities that …
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The Perceptions of Psychotherapists-in-Training regarding People who Stutter versus Normally Fluent Speakers
… that many people hold personality stereotypes of stutterers. The attitudes of psychotherapists regarding stutterers have never been investigated. The present investigation assessed the degree to which psychotherapists-in-training hold stereotypes of stutterers as compared to normally fluent …
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Exploration of short and long term memory in adults who do and do not stutter
… differences between persons who do and do not stutter. Adults who do and do not stutter listened to lists of 12 phonologically related, 12 semantically related, and 12 neutral words. Both groups will be required to recall these words immediately and after a 20-minute time delay where …
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Characteristics of Disfluencies of Preschool Children Who Stutter: A Longitudinal Study Regarding Persistence and Recovery
This study was supported by grant #R01-DC00459 from the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Principal Investigator: Ehud Yairi.
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Online Communities For People Who Stutter: An Ethnographic Study Of A Facebook Social Networking Support Group
… was to explore the experiences of people who stutter who digitally connect and share with other people who stutter on a social networking site, specifically Facebook. This study used a qualitative, ethnographic approach to gain insight from members of a private Facebook group for people who …
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The influence of depth and stutter on consumer preference for static three-dimensional lenticular-sheet images
Lenticular-sheet (LS) images induce the sensation of object depth through motion parallax and stereopsis, which is based on retinal disparity. To achieve the three-dimensional effect, some sacrifice of image quality must be made. A study is described which investigated the tradeoff between depth …
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Classroom intervention to change peers' attitudes towards children who stutter: a pilot study six months post-intervention
… to improve peer attitudes towards children who stutter (CWS). This pilot study will inform the feasibility of a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) through the following aims: 1. To analyse selected procedural aspects including recruitment, participation and re tention rates and …
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The effect of phonological, semantic, and hybrid associates on accurate recall and false memories of adults who stutter : a preliminary study
… representations of young children who stutter are less specified than their typically fluent peers. The purpose of the present study is to determine if this apparent difference in phonological encoding persists in adults who stutter. Utilizing a false memory paradigm, nine adults who …
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Auditory-motor integration influences on speech motor control and fluency: a comparison of normally fluent speakers and people who stutter
… with effects on adults who exhibit persistent stuttering. If the auditory processing influences differently the two groups, it might shed light on the basic role of auditory-to-motor integration in speech production. Differences in auditory feedback dependency were also expected between …
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Keepers of Black Boy Joy: Exploring the Educational Leaders, Programs, and Systems That Support the Achievement of Black Males Who Stutter
… will explore the lived experiences of Black male stutterers and engage in the conversation around how educational leaders can best support a segment of the Black male population not often featured in research studies - Black males who thrive academically while also being perceived as having a …
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Effectiveness of the classroom communication resource in changing primary school learners' attitudes towards children who stutter after one month: A feasibility study
Children who stutter are bullied and teased by their peers, especially in the primary schooling years. The Classroom Communication resource (CCR) was developed as a teacher-administered classroom-based education programme aiming to improve peers' attitudes towards CWS. The focus of this feasibility …
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