Recovery from stuttering

"This book is a comprehensive guide to the evidence, theories, and practical issues associated with recovery from stuttering in early childhood and into adolescence. It examines evidence that stuttering is associated with a range of biological factors such as genetics and psychological factors...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Howell, Peter, 1947-, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis Group 2011.
Series:Language and speech disorders.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798067306719
Table of Contents:
  • (Publisher-supplied data) Definitions, Stuttering Severity, and Categorization Instruments
  • Epidemiology
  • Symptomatology
  • Genetic Factors and Their Impact on Onset and Recovery of Stuttering
  • CNS Factors in Investigations Into Persistent and Recovered Stuttering
  • Cognitive Factors
  • Language Factors
  • Motor Factors
  • Environmental, Personality, and Emotional Factors
  • Models That Attribute Stuttering to Language Factors Alone
  • Theories That Explain Why Altered Feedback Improves the Speech Control of Speakers Who Stutter and General Theories of Speech Production That Include Accounts of Stuttering
  • Model That Proposes an Interaction Between Language and Motor Factors: EXPLAN
  • Early Diagnosis of Stuttering and Its Prognosis to Teenage Years and Beyond
  • Subtyping
  • Application to Treatment and General Issues About Recovery.