A Study On Stuttering And Its Effects On The Lives Of The Tongue, Lips, And Throat

L.R. received a total overall score of 29, which was obtained during conversation and a picture description task, in which 300 syllables were analyzed. He obtained a percentile rank of 78-88% and a severe rating when compared to children of his chronological age who stutter. L.R.’s disfluencies consisted primarily of sound repetitions, whole and part word repetitions, phrase repetitions, and the

Hoagland begins his essay with an analogy to help the audience understand his stutter in a clear and visual way. He likens his handicap to “trying to run with loops of rope around your feet” (Hoagland

As a child, I felt overwhelmed with the adversity of stuttering. Not only did I feel linguistically handicapped, but I also had low self-esteem. While I still stutter, I have improved an ineffable amount and through the progression, I discovered my passion for the brain. I learned that the majority of the discrepancy between my speaking and others started with the brain. In addition, my father specialized in neuropathology at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He pushed my growing interest for neuroscience and mental health. With his presence, I also learned to overcome adversity and to always seek knowledge. Because of this, I attended the University of Tennessee’s Stuttering and Research Program to research about the interdependence between stuttering

The main purpose of this article is to examine various research on the etiology of stuttering. The experimental research explored various brain circuitries involved, specifically the the basal ganglia. Furthermore, the meta-analysis discussed neuroimaging, lesion, pharmacological, and genetic studies on the neural circuitries connected to persistent developmental stuttering and acquired neurogenic stuttering.

Stuttering is a disability that affects over two million of the adult population and can be obtained through genetics. This disability is not just getting stuck on certain words or saying like a few times in a sentence. The disability involves tripping on sounds and in severe cases not being able to verbalize what needs to be said. Yeomen uses an example of a man who could not find the words to ask the women he truly was in love with to marry him and ended up marrying the wrong women. Stuttering can change the lives of so many because they never learn to overcome that tragedy.

This documentary focuses on the journey of seven different individuals who are considered people who stutter. I believe it is important to note the statistics of the prevalence of stuttering mentioned in the video. The statistic states that 1 out of 100 adult and 5 out of 100 children are people who stutter. This prevalence is important for speech therapists to become informed and equipped to treat this population. This documentary gives great insight on the struggles and successes of this population.

The Stuttering Foundation provides a free online resources, services and supports those who stutter and their family members along as the support of the research. This foundation is proudly a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and classified as a private operating foundation, defined in section 4942(j)(3). The first and largest nonprofit charitable organization in the world, that reach to over a million people annually to improve the treatment of stuttering. The stuttering foundation also offer extensive training programs for any professional in this

the Modifying Phonation Intervals (MPI) Stuttering Treatment Program With Adults Who Stutter. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(2), 256-271.

Secondary outcomes included self- reports of stuttering severity, avoidance, speech satisfaction and quality of life. Two assessments of these items were made; assessment 1 was two weeks before the commencement of treatment whereas assessment 2 was 9 months after commencement of treatment. For both of these assessments, audio recordings were collected over the phone and analysed by an independent speech pathologist who determined the percentage of syllables stuttered. During these assessments, information about the secondary outcomes was also collected.

Only half of the group labelled as stutterers actually showed signs of stuttering. As the experiment took place, the normal speakers were given positive encouragement while the group labelled stutterers were given negative reinforcement and were lectured about being extra careful when they spoke. Teachers and staff were also asked to reinforce the label of “stutterer.” The type of research used was an experiment

For example, if they know that answering a question in class without warning is a trigger to their stuttering, they may talk with their teacher to see if they can be given advanced warning when they are going to be asked to answer a question. In fluency shaping, the individual is trained to “speak with relaxed respiration, relaxed vocal folds, and relaxed articulation muscles” (Fogle, 2013, p. 221). Thus speaking, the stutterer is taught to be aware of how their how multiple systems within their body are affected during the stuttering. This subsequently leads them to attempt to change, through practice, how to talk fluently by relaxing the effected muscles. Lastly, in stuttering modification, the speaker is required to “confront his fears, avoidance, and struggles to escape his stuttering, and the speaker reducing and managing those fears, avoidances, and struggles” (Fogle, 2013, p. 222). This is somewhat similar to CBT in which they are forced to recognize their feelings toward stuttering and find alternative solutions to manage these

Stuttering is based on human nature and can be easily understood. It is characterized by abnormally high frequencies, and/or the duration of stoppages in the forward flow of speech (Guitar, 2006). While all the children in these videos seem to be nice kids, their disfluency holds them back from meeting social needs. Carolina is one of the children being documented in the video “Speaking of Courage”. Her family immigrated from South America to Canada where she attends grade school. After coming back home from school one day, she cried to her parents because she was unable to make any friends at school. Distraught over their daughters breakdown, her parents enrolled her in speech therapy where she worked and improved under a clinician’s supervision. Carolina’s speech was characterize

When discussing stuttering, researchers often focus on the impact of speech-language abilities and motor abilities. Few studies have examined psychological variables and their impact on people who stutter (PWS). The communication emotional model (CE) attempts to account for emotional development and its influence on children who stutter (CWS). The CE model does not state that poor emotion regulation causes stuttering; however, it suggests that quantity, quality, and the efficacy of an individual’s emotional regulation can impact different instances of stuttering. Current research does not provide information on the impact of emotional regulation on stuttering. There is research, providing information on the difference between CWS and children

According to Byron Y. Newman, O.D. in his article Health Notes, In America there are more than 3 million people who stutter. Women are less likely to stutter than men by 4 times. Apparently, while children are passing through the stage of development, 20% of them are affected by stuttering which shows speech problems simple to be a concern to their parents. Children that last 6 months or more stuttering are about 5%, most of them recover in their late childhood. The other 1% are with the long-term problem. Some recommend reading aloud is easier than for others, I have heard that if people who stutter sing out what they like to say, the stuttering might disappear.

Speech therapy can help children with stuttering in many different ways. In the first assessment with the stuttering child, the speech therapist collects information about family history. Also, they assess the severity of the condition of the child. To become a candidate of the treatment a child must display five or more speech breaks in every one hundred words. Although it is strongly recommended that a child meet those specifications, a child can still be considered for stuttering treatment even if this specification is not met. If a child substitutes words to avoid stuttering it is highly recommended that he or she starts speech therapy. After the evaluation of a child, the speech pathologists will create a treatment plan to help the