Real enough: Using virtual public speaking environments to evoke feelings and behaviors targeted in stuttering assessment and treatment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-149

  Brundage, Shelley B ^a   Hancock, Adrienne B ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUTTERING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84929331756     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2014_AJSLP-14-0087     Document Type: Article

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