SUBJECTIVE DISTRESS CAUSED BY CO-SPEAKERS’ REACTIONS – REDUCTION DURING STATIONARY GROUP TREATMENT
Journal Title: Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation - Year 2010, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
Stuttering is a disorder that represents multifunctional problem. It probably exists since the beginning of mankind. Its’ frequency and severity are influenced by different factors. Among the most significant ones are the complexity of statement, speaking speed, and speakers’ emotional reaction to the whole speech situation and other co-speakers. Goal: To present the results of two-weeks intensive group stationary treatment of adults who stutter, especially stuttering severity and level of subjective distress caused by co-speakers’ reactions in the beginning and at the end of the treatment. Subjects: A group of 25 adults who stutter. Methodology: At the beginning and at the end of the group stationary treatment speech status was taken, consisting of counting, enumerating, repeating the sentences, reading a 100-word tale, retelling the read text, and conversation on a free subject. In the same time, subjective distress caused by 13 different co-speakers reactions was estimated. Results show that very positive results are achieved in the reduction of speech disfluences, as well as moderate reduction of subjective distress caused by co-speakers’ reactions. In the paper the results are shown in more details, and, subsequently, implications for further research and treatment.
Authors and Affiliations
Jelena TADIC| Institute for Psychophysiological Disorders and Speech Pathology ’Prof. Dr Cvetko Brajovic’, Belgrade, Serbia, Darinka SHOSTER| Institute for Psychophysiological Disorders and Speech Pathology ’Prof. Dr Cvetko Brajovic’, Belgrade, Serbia Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, Belgrade, Serbia, Nada DOBROTA DAVIDOVIC| Institute for Psychophysiological Disorders and Speech Pathology ’Prof. Dr Cvetko Brajovic’, Belgrade, Serbia Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, Belgrade, Serbia, Nadica JOVANOVIKJ SIMIC| Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, Belgrade, Serbia
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