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Nature and Treatment of Stuttering, The: New Directions 2/e
Richard F. Curlee
Gerald M. Siegel
Published July 1996 by Allyn & Bacon
Copyright 1997, 452 pp., Cloth
ISBN: 0-205-16336-X
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$98.40
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Summary

This contributed book covers the epidemiology, characteristics, etiological accounts, and treatment of stuttering. It provides thorough, scholarly reviews of what is known about stuttering and its clinical management. It is comprehensive, current, and authoritative in its coverage with contributions from recognized experts in the field. KEY TOPICS: The two treatment sections now include chapters on cluttering, on instrumental assessment and management, on measuring speech naturalness, and on stutterers' self-measurement. MARKET: Intended to be both a reference for professionals and a text for students in graduate research and clinical training programs.

Features

  • Each of the authors of The Nature and Treatment of Stuttering, Second Edition was selected for their expertise, and together, they comprise a preeminent collection of recognized experts in the field of stuttering.
  • The book's organization into five sections, each of which has a common focus, provides logical divisions for their use in classes on stuttering and for examining students' understanding of an area of information. Editors Curlee and Siegel have written introductory commentaries to each section that provide a frame of reference for the chapters included in that section.
  • Each chapter includes introductory and summary sections to assist understanding of important issues. Lists of suggested readings are provided for readers who wish more information on a topic. Additionally, numerous vignettes and case studies are presented throughout clinically oriented chapters to illustrate discussions in a practical, easily understood manner.
Table of Contents



Contributors.


Preface.

I.  CHILDHOOD STUTTERING.

 1. Epidemiology and Genetics of Stuttering, Susan Felsenfeld.

 2. Home Environments and Parent-Child Interaction in Childhood Stuttering, Ehud Yairi.

 3. Disfluency Characteristics of Childhood Stuttering, Ehud Yairi

 4. Learning and Its Role in Stuttering Development, C. Woodruff Starkweather.

II.  STUTTERER-NONSTUTTERER DIFFERENCES.

 5. Stuttering: A Psycholinguistic Perspective, Nan Bernstein Ratner.

 6. Respiratory and Laryngeal Control in Stuttering, Margaret Denny & Anne Smith.

 7. Brain Imaging Contributions, Ben C. Watson & Francis J. Freeman.

III.  ETIOLOGICAL VIEWS OF STUTTERING.

 8. Stuttering as an Anticipatory Struggle Reaction, Oliver Bloodstein.

 9. Stuttering as a Covert Repair Phenomenon, Herman Kolk & Albert Postma.

10. Stuttering: A Dynamic, Multifactorial Model, Anne Smith & Ellen Kelly.

11. Stuttering: Why Science Hasn't Solved It, William H. Perkins.

IV.  CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN.

12. Evaluating Childhood Stuttering, Edward G. Conture.

13. Therapy for Younger Children, C. Woodruff Starkweather.

14. Therapy for Children's Stuttering and Emotions, Barry Guitar.

15. Clinical Management of Children: Direct Management Strategies, Peter R. Ramig & Ellen M. Bennett.

16. Managing of Cluttering and Related Fluency Disorders, Kenneth O. St. Louis & Florence L. Meyers.

V.  CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ADULTS.

17. Modifying Stuttering — The Stutterer's Reactive Behavior: Perspectives on Past, Present, and Future, David Prins.

18. Designing and Implementing a Strategy to Control Stuttered Speech in Adults, Mark Onslow & Ann Packman.

19. Instrumentation for the Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering, Klaus Bakker.

20. Stuttering and the Measurement of Speech Naturalness, Nicholas Schiavetti & Dale Metz.

21. Self-Measurement and Evaluating Stuttering Treatment Efficacy, Roger J. Ingham and Anne K. Cordes.

Afterword.

Index.
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