Stuttering

that children face is stuttering. Stuttering is a speech impediment in which the eloquence and normal flow of speech is compromised. (“Stuttering”). Stuttering usually involves the recurrence of syllables or one-syllable words. For example, when a child with the condition of stuttering tries to say the word “it” he or she might speak it as “it-it-it”. Also, when the child wants to say “mother” they may pronounce it as “mo-mo-mo-mother”. Prolongation is a form of stuttering that encompasses…

According to National Stuttering Association, “Stuttering is a communication disorder involving disruptions, or “disfluencies,” in a person’s speech.” The word “Stuttering” can also be used for specific type of disfluency or an overall communication challenge that people who stutter face (Zebrowski, 1989). The disfluency in speech is observed in prolongation (I love you Kkkkiran), repetition ( I li li li like you) , abnormal stoppages(no sound), interjections also known as fillers( uh, um, you…

Stuttering is a communication disorder that affects a person’s speech fluency. It is also known as dysfluency. It is characterized by three common characteristics, repetition of sounds, words, or syllables; prolongation of sound; and interruption in speech (Coleman, 2013). Someone who stutters knows exactly what they want to say but has some difficulty producing a normal flow of speech. Despite what some people may think, parenting styles and emotional problems are not a cause of stuttering.…

what if we couldn’t read a sentence aloud without stuttering. Over three millions americans struggle with this speech disorder on a daily basis (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2010). Stuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is broken by repetitions, prolongations, or abnormal stoppages of sounds and syllables (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2010). Stuttering is also one of the most well known disfluencies. Stuttering usually occurs at the beginning of words,…

The Van Riper Stuttering Modification Approach was designed in the mid 1900’s by a speech-language pathologist, Charles Van Riper. Van Riper was a severe stutterer throughout the majority of his career, and is considered a pioneer in stuttering treatment (Shapiro, 1999). Van Riper used the correct assumption that there is no, one, effective treatment for stuttering. Therefore, he developed a program that aimed at the reduction of fear and anxiety in stuttering, using disclosure methods, and…

Medical research has a dark history. For instance, research on syphilis was conducted in Tuskagee, Alabama on poor minority residents, dermatology experiments were performed repeatedly on prisoners, and a stuttering research project in Iowa is known as The Monster Study. Looking back, the details of these studies are horrendous. But hindsight is twenty-twenty and it is easy to cast a critical eye on those that came before us. Ethical standards are a relatively new concept born from the…

I would like to do an independent research of bilingualism and stuttering. Whether learning a second language affect stuttering is a common question that has been asked by many people over the years. Although this question started raising in the 19th century, it is still a myth whether there is a relationship between bilingualism and stuttering. According to The Stutter Foundation, 31.8 million people in the U.S speak a language other than English, and it has been claimed that nearly 50% of the…

After hearing this short speech, I analyzed John Moore’s topic “Fluent Talk on Stuttering” and gained some knowledge to what he was trying to impact us with. He wants us to know that adult stutterers can minimize their stubborn talk with different methods to speak more fluently with others. I believe this is essential to know for a variety of reasons. Only one percent of the world’s adult population stutter, including him, and can damage those who do in many ways. This vital information can help…

Alfonso Prieto & Stanley Zucker, n.d) An Analysis of a Token Economy Suin Stuttering Therapy According to Wingate (1964) as cited by Peter J. Alfonso defines Stuttering as the person that has the problems in fluency of verbal expression that characterized by involuntary shortens, prolongs or repetitions of the utterance. Mainly, stutterer person has speech problem and need to undergo therapy for getting better. One of the stuttering therapies that has been conducted in Sydney, Australia applied…

attended while growing up. Her decision to become a speech pathologist was not an easy one. She grew up with a stuttering problem herself and was in speech therapy throughout school. She would be in therapy and then things would improve drastically, to the point she no longer qualified for therapy. In her case this actually hurt her rather than helped. As time progressed her stuttering problem would return and the children in her classes would pick on her asking why she talked “weird”…