Immediate effects of AAF devices on the characteristics of stuttering: A clinical analysis

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-134

  Unger, Julia P ^a   Glück, Christian W ^b   Cholewa, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core behaviors; Delayed auditory feedback (DAF); Frequency altered feedback (FAF); Spontaneous speech; Stuttering severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; READING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUTTERING; STUTTERING SEVERITY INSTRUMENT 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860167109     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: 1873801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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