Clinical Investigations of Stuttering: Part 2. Treatment and Follow-Up of the Adult Stutterer
Abstract
The aim of the study was to evaluate a program of therapy for stutterers, including a follow-up six months after therapy was terminated. An attempt was made to measure changes in selected personality factors as well as in attitudes toward speaking and in the audible and visible characteristics of stuttering, as a result of therapy. An attempt to find a reliable predictor of therapeutic outcome was unsuccessful. The present study helps to establish that (1) statistically significant changes in both speech and personality variables may occur during relatively short-term, intensive speech therapy that includes a psychotherapeutic orientation; and (2) in general, these changes tend to persist over a period of at least six months following the end of therapy. Two estimates of progress--therapists' ratings and psychometric measures--showed a moderate degree of agreement. When therapists' and clients' ratings were compared, the latter consistently tended to rate themselves higher than did the therapists.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0666783
Entities
People
- Rex V. Naylor
- William S. Rosenthal
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center