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Reduction of stuttering in adult males using relaxed breathing and EMG biofeedback : a masters thesis ...

Abstract

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<p>The present study trained three adult male stutterers to increase speech fluency using relaxed breathing and a-x; biofeedback. A one group time-series design with 2 treatments was used. After an initial baseline phase (A) all 3 subjects received a relaxed breathing procedure (B), followed by a combined procedure featuring relaxed breathing and EMG biofeedback (BC). Results indicated that after 8 sessions stuttering was reduced by 19.1% from baseline levels across the 3 subjects. Despite these promising results , however, methodological questions in the baseline phase make conclusions regarding a clear relationship between the variables tentative.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Graduate Studies
Year dc:date.available
1986

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Corsiglia, Victor F.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Doug Matheson

Subjects

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Rights

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/490
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1489

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Corsiglia, Victor F.. Reduction of stuttering in adult males using relaxed breathing and EMG biofeedback : a masters thesis .... Thesis thesis, 1986. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/490