Is listener comfort a viable construct in stuttering research?

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 503-509

  O'Brian, Sue ^a   Packman, Ann ^a   Onslow, Mark ^a   Cream, Angela ^a   O'Brian, Nigel ^a   Bastock, Kaely ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Listener comfort; Outcome; Social validity; Speech naturalness; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0037394395     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/041)     Document Type: Article

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