Journal of Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies & Hearing Aids
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Margaret Vento-Wilson

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• Case Report
  Speech Remediation of a Long-Term Stutter: A Case Study
  Author(s): Betty L. McMicken and Margaret Vento-WilsonBetty L. McMicken and Margaret Vento-Wilson
  
  Background: This research article describes the remediation of stuttering in an adult participant with a long-term history of drug abuse. The unique participant in this case underwent this successful treatment at an urban residential rehabilitation mission where he was living in lieu of incarceration. Methods: The therapeutic intervention in this case consisted of two programs. The primary intervention involved the Ryan Fluency Program, Gradual Increase in Length and Complexity of Utterance (GILCU), which is a stepbased program that requires the participant to progress from the production of a single, fluent word to 10 minutes of conversation in the absence of overt disfluencies. Based on the particular needs of this participant, the primary investigator incorporated the use of delayed auditory feedback in an effort to demonstrate to the par.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2375-4427.1000119

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