Speech Production Disorders (including Stuttering)

Recovery from Stuttering

Recovery from Stuttering
  • By Peter Howell.

Published October 2010

This book is a comprehensive guide to the evidence, theories, and practical issues associated with recovery from stuttering in early childhood and into adolescence. It examines evidence that stuttering is associated with a range of biological factors—such as genetics—and psychological factors—such…
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Stuttering and Cluttering

Frameworks for Understanding and Treatment

Stuttering and Cluttering
  • By David Ward.

Published October 2006

Stuttering and Cluttering provides a comprehensive overview of both theoretical and treatment aspects of disorders of fluency: stuttering (also known as stammering) and the lesser-known cluttering. The book demonstrates how treatment strategies relate to the various theories as to why…
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Current Issues in Stuttering Research and Practice

Current Issues in Stuttering Research and Practice
  • Edited by Nan Bernstein Ratner, and John A. Tetnowski.

Published May 2006

This state-of-the art volume is a follow-up to the 1999 publication, Stuttering Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap, edited by Nan Ratner and E. Charles Healey. Like its predecessor, the current book is an edited collection of the presentations from the American Speech-Language-Hearing…
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Stuttering Recovery

Personal and Empirical Perspectives

Stuttering Recovery
  • By Dale F. Williams.

Published January 2006

Stuttering Recovery: Personal and Empirical Perspectives is a highly original and engaging book serving to not only educate readers on topics related to stuttering, but also to stimulate discussion. The author interweaves personal accounts of people who stutter with informational chapters…
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Classification Manual for Voice Disorders-I

Classification Manual for Voice Disorders-I
  • Edited by Katherine Verdolini, Clark A. Rosen and Ryan C. Branski.

Published November 2005

To date, there are 300 disorders associated with voice, but until now there has never been a published reference manual that classifies these disorders. Borrowing from the successful organization schema of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM), the…
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A Figure of Speech

A Festschrift for John Laver

A Figure of Speech
  • Edited by William J. Hardcastle, and Janet Mackenzie Beck.

Published November 2004

Throughout the world, there are phoneticians who have been influenced by the teaching, research, and writings of John Laver. Many have worked with him personally, and most of the contributors to this book are people with whom he has had special links or whose involvement represents an appreciation…
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Theoretical Issues in Stuttering

Theoretical Issues in Stuttering
  • By Ann Packman, and Joseph S. Attanasio.

Published August 2004

Although there is now a large body of research into the nature and treatment of stuttering, little is understood about its underlying mechanisms. As a result until now there has been no comprehensive review of the numerous theories and models that have been proposed to explain…
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Evidence-Based Treatment of Stuttering

Empirical Bases and Clinical Applications

Evidence-Based Treatment of Stuttering
  • Edited by Anne K. Bothe.

Published March 2004

This book is the result of a "State-of-the-Art-Conference" held at the University of Georgia dedicated to the evidence-based treatment of stuttering. An international group of prominent fluency researchers and clinicians were invited to present and discuss current data and issues related to the…
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