Stuttering, speech rate, and the metronome effect.
Methodological inadequacies cast doubt on previous investigations of the hypothesis that metronome-paced speech reduces stuttering by slowing the rate of speech. In the present study, 6 stutterers' fluent speech rates were calculated by excluding the time occupied by stutters and pauses. The fluency-enhancing effect of metronome pacing was independent of speech rate.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013997:Time Factors