Frequency of stuttering during challenging and supportive virtual reality job interviews

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-339

  Brundage, Shelley B ^a   Graap, Ken ^b   Gibbons, Kathleen F ^a   Ferrer, Mirtha ^b   Brooks, Jeremy ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virtually Better Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Software validation; Stuttering; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB INTERVIEW; MALE; SELF REPORT; STUTTERING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUTTERING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750607887     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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