scholarly journals Syllabic speech technique to decline stuttering severity and its concomitants in Persian-speaking school-age children with stuttering: A preliminary study from Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peyman Zamani ◽  
Neda Tahmasebi ◽  
Mohammad S Mehdifard ◽  
Saeed Hesam
Keyword(s):  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Preliminary Study

scholarly journals Using Syllabic Speech Technique to Decline Stuttering Severity in Persian-speaking School-age Children With Stuttering

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peyman Zamani ◽  
Neda Tahmasebi ◽  
Mohammad Soroush Mehdifard ◽  
Saeed Hesam
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
T1 And T2 ◽  
Verbal Encouragement

Introduction: Studies have shown that Syllable Speech Technique (SST) can be a useful  and practical way to achieve stutter-free speech for Children With Stuttering (CWS). In this preliminary study, the use of SST in Persian-speaking school-age CWS was investigated. Materials and Methods: Ten 8- to 11-year-old students with stuttering were entered in the single-group pretest-posttest study as participants. Their speech fluency has been enhanced using SST accompanied by verbal encouragement for stutter-free speech. The percentage of stuttered syllables, stuttering severity, and communication attitude as outcome measures were evaluated in three time points: before the intervention (T0), after the intervention (T1), and one month after the intervention (T2). Results: The children showed significantly better scores on all outcome measures at T1 (P≤0.004) and T2 (P≤0.005) compared with T0. There was no significant difference between T1 and T2 (P≥0.026). Conclusion: The reported benefits of SST in stuttering reduction and speech-related anxiety- relieving of Persian-speaking school-age CWS confirms the feasibility and usefulness of this technique.

A Therapeutic Technique for the Improvement of Lingua-Alveolar Valving Abilities

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Paul Dworkin
Keyword(s):  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Bite Block ◽  
Therapeutic Technique ◽  
Remedial Program

This study was designed to determine if a remedial program using a bite-block device could inhibit hypermandibular activity (HMA) and thereby improve the lingua-alveolar valving (LAV) abilities of four school-age children who demonstrated multiple lingua-alveolar (LA) phonemic errors. The results revealed significant improvements in LAV and LA phoneme articulatory skills in all of the children who used the bite-block device to reduce HMA subsequent to comprehensive training sessions.

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