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The Effectiveness of an Intensive Group Speech Therapy Programme for Adult Stammerers
Author(s) -
HELPS ROSEMARIE,
DALTON PEGGY
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682827909011342
Subject(s) - speech therapy , psychology , syllable , audiology , group psychotherapy , outcome (game theory) , medicine , psychotherapist , linguistics , mathematical economics , mathematics , philosophy
Summary Of 65 stammerers undergoing intensive group therapy, 21 used syllable‐timed speech as their control technique, while 44 used prolonged speech. The first group only achieved 20% improvement at the six month reassessment. The second group reached 61% improvement. Of the prolonged speech group 19 undertook regular follow‐up therapy after the course and their improvement scores showed a mean of 86%. Assessment procedures are discussed in relation to prediction of outcome and suggestions made for further developments in therapy in the light of the results.