Measurement of stuttering in adults: Comparison of stuttering-rate and severity-scaling methods

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1081-1087

  O'Brian, Sue ^a   Packman, Ann ^a   Onslow, Mark ^a   O'Brian, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Percentage of syllables stuttered; Rating scales; Stuttering distribution; Stuttering measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STUTTERING; VERBALIZATION; VIDEOTAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; STUTTERING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 8544271662     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/080)     Document Type: Article

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