The Syndrome of Stuttering

Table of contents :
title
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Fig I. Facial grimace accompanying stutter
chapter 1 - The Diagnosis of Stuttering
table 1 - severity of stuttering
chapter 2 - Present Knowledge of the Syndrome
fig 2 - The use of the adaptation curve to study specific word-anxiety and general situation-anxiety
chapter 3 - The Natural History of Stuttering
table 2 - Age of Onset
fig 3. The onset and duration of stutter experienced by the 43 children.
chapter 4 - Survey of Stuttering in Schoolchildren
Methods
fig 4
fig 5
figs 6 and 7 - Two drawings made by children while completingg the Raven's Controlled Projection Test
chapter 5 - Survey of Stuttering 1n Schoolchildren
Differences between Stuttering and Non-Stuttering Groups of Children
table 3
tables 4-6
tables 7-9
table 10
tables 11-12
tables 13-14
tables 15-16
tables 17-18
tables 19-20
tables 21-22
table 23
table 24
tables 25-26
tables 27-28
tables 29-30
tables 31-32
tables 33-34
table 35
table 36
table 37
tables 38-39
tables 40-41
tables 42-44
tables 45-46
table 47
fig 8 - Figure-drawing - failure to draw a cube.
fig 9 - Failure in right/left discrimination.
tables 48-49
tables 50-51
table 52
table 53
tables 54-55
tables 56-57
tables 58-59
tables 60-62
tables 63-64
tables 65-66
tables 67-68
table 69
fig 10 - Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children: distribution of scores for stutterer and control groups
table 70
tables 71-72
table 73
tables 74-76
table 77
table 78
fig 11 - The combined score on 3 items - Family histtory of stuttering, Late Talking, Poor talking - correctly identified 120 of the 160 children
Fig. 12. Factor Analysis of the Total 160 Cases.
Conclusions
chapter 6 - Survey of Stuttering in Schoolchildren - The Stutterers
The Stutter
tables 79-80
tables 81-82
Statistical Analysis of the Data
fig 13 - Factor Analysis of 80 Stutterers.
fig 14 - Factor Analysis of 80 Stutterers
fig 15 - Factor Analysis of 80 Stutterers
Discussion and Conclusions
chapter 7 - The Genetics of Stuttering
Introduction
Present Study
tables 83-85
tables 86-87
Discussion
table 88
Conclusions and Summary
chapter 8 - The Inhibition of Stuttering by Syllable-Timed Speech
Contemporary Concepts in Treatment
The Subjects
The Method
Summary of Results
Fig. 16 - Relation of each group's mean percentage of words stuttered to practice with syllable-timed speech
tables 89-91
table 92
Discussion
chapter 9 - The Syndrome of Stuttering
Incidence of Prevalence
Aetiology
Pathogenesis
Course, Prognosis, and Outcome
The Need for Further Research
References
The Appendices
Appendix 1 - The Statistical Analysis of Intergroup Differences
Appendix 2 - THE FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE STUTTERERS
CORRELATION MATRIX FOR 80 STUTTERERS AND 80 CONTROLS ON 37 ITEMS
PCA FACTOR ANALYSIS OF TOTAL MATERIAL
PCA FACTOR ANALYSIS OF 80 STUTTERERS
CORRELATIONS MATRIX FOR 80 STUTTERERS ON 37 ITEMS
Appendix 3 - THE DETAILED RESULTS OF THE S.T. SPEECH PROJECT
Authors Index
Subject Index

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Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 17

THE SYNDROME OF STUTTERING/

by

Gavin

A~rews 7

and Mary Harris

with

Roger Garside and David Kay

Introduction by

Professor Donald Court

Professor Martin Roth

From the Departments of Psychological Medicine and Child Health in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne

W. S. H einman Imported Books 400 lfaat 72nd Street

1964

Pu~l~ s hed by The Spastics Society Medical Education and Information Untt in Association with William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd., London

('ontril>ufors

A11rhc>1 ,.

M.B., Ch .B., D.P.M ., . . Lectu rer in Psychjatry, Un1ve~s 1ty of New So uth Wales, Sydney, Australia. Formerly Senior Research A ssociate in the Department of Child Health and P sychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon

I Ci •\ nd1t'"'

Tyne.

L.C.S.T., N .F.F., L .R.A.M., Lecturer in Speech Pathology and Therapy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

\1 . M. Harri

Genetic and statistical analysis by

..

B.Sc., Senior Lecturer in Applied P sychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

D. W. K . Kay ..

M.A., D.M., M.R.C.P., D.P.M., Honorary Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

R. F. Garside

Psychological testing M. Clarke

M.A., Ed.B., Ph.D.,

Lecturer in Psychology, Jordan Hill College of Education, Glasgow. Under the guidance of S. D. M. Court ..

M.D., F .R.C.P., F.C.S.T., Ja~es Spence Professor of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

M. Roth

M.D., F.R.C.P. D p M Professor of Psy' h ·I · · " . . . . c o og1cal Med1c1ne UDIVers1 ty of N ewcastle upon Tyne. '

Printed in England b

y THE LAVENHAM .

PRESS LTD

., Lavenham, Suffolk.

Contents Donald Court, Martin R oth

l nt roduction

T he Diagnosis of S tuttering

CllAPTER l

1

De(111itio11

1

The diagnosis of stuttering Differenrial diagnosis

3

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4

The measurement of stuttering

CHAPTE R 2

Present

Kn~~.;r the Syndrome

Factors affecting the prevalence of stuttering 6

I. A ge

6

2. Di tribution of stuttering accordi ng to sex

7

3. The intel ligence of stutterers ..

7

4. L aterality and stuttering

8

5. Distribut[on b y social class @

8

nviron ment and stutteri ng

The clinical manifestations of stuttering I. Th e development of speech in stutterers

9 9

~Jfhe onset of stuttering .. The symptoms of stuttering .. 4. The development of the severe syndrome

Y

10 12 13

5. Factors modifying the stutter

16

6. Outcome a nd prognosis

The aetiology of stuttering tuttering as the result of constitutional or neurological difference . . tuttering as a man ifestati on of psychoneurosis. . .. .. tuttering as a learned response Discussion

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16 19

23 28

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