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. 2022 Jan-Mar;42(1):57-75.
doi: 10.1097/tld.0000000000000272.

Understanding the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy

Seth E Tichenor  1 , Caryn Herring  2 , J Scott Yaruss  2
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Understanding the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy

Seth E Tichenor et al. Top Lang Disord. 2022 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the value for speech-language pathologists of considering the overall stuttering condition-including speakers' experiences during and around moments of stuttering-in treatment with individuals who stutter. We first highlight a framework for conceptualizing the entirety of the stuttering condition. We then present recent research and clinical perspectives about stuttering to support the claim that speech-language pathologists who account for individual differences in how their clients experience stuttering are better positioned to treat stuttering more effectively. Ultimately, this will yield better treatment outcomes and help clinicians achieve greater gains in quality of life for their clients who stutter.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: All authors have declared that no competing interests existed at the time of publication.

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Figure 1.
Schematized version of Tichenor and Yaruss (2019) update of Yaruss and Quesal (2004) representation of how the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) can be applied to stuttering. Copyright © 2021 Seth E. Tichenor and J. Scott Yaruss.
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