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What is stuttering?

W H Perkins1

  • 1University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

The Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
|August 1, 1990
PubMed
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Listeners cannot reliably identify stuttering moment by moment. This study analyzes why stuttering is still defined perceptually and proposes an alternative speech production definition and therapy objective.

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Area of Science:

  • Speech-language pathology
  • Auditory perception
  • Stuttering research

Background:

  • Listener judgments of stuttering are unreliable, despite consistent research findings over 50 years.
  • Current clinical practice and research predominantly define stuttering based on listener perception.
  • This perceptual definition is incongruent with the established unreliability of listener judgments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the reasons behind the continued reliance on perceptual definitions of stuttering.
  • To propose an alternative definition of stuttering based on speech production.
  • To introduce a diagnostic method for validating stuttering and a therapy objective that minimizes avoidance.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of existing research on listener judgments of stuttering.

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  • Conceptual development of an alternative speech production definition.
  • Description of a diagnostic validation method.
  • Formulation of a fluency-skill therapy objective.

    • Main Results:

    • Listener judgments of stuttering are consistently inaccurate at a unit-by-unit level.
    • The reliance on perceptual definitions persists despite evidence of unreliability.
    • An alternative speech production definition and a new therapy approach are proposed.

    Conclusions:

    • The established unreliability of listener judgments necessitates a shift from perceptual to speech production-based definitions of stuttering.
    • A validated diagnostic method and a therapy objective focused on reducing avoidance behavior are crucial for effective stuttering management.
    • Rethinking stuttering definitions and therapeutic goals is essential for advancing research and clinical practice.