Effect of reading with reversed speech on frequency of stuttering in adults.
This study explored the effect of reading with reversed speech on the frequency of stuttering. Eight adults who stutter served as participants and read four 300-syllable passages while listening to three types of speech stimuli: normal speech (choral reading), reversed speech at normal speed, reversed speech at half speed, and a control condition of no auditory feedback. A repeated-measures analysis of variance showed a significant decrease in stuttering frequency in the choral reading condition but not in reversed speech at normal and half speed. However, the reversed speech at half-speed condition showed a large effect size (omega2 = 0.32). Data suggest that a forward moving speech feedback is not essential to decrease the frequency of stuttering in adults who stutter.
Stuttering Research Laboratory, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58202-8040, USA. manish.rami@und.edu
Manish K
MK
Rami
Elisa
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Diederich
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011932:Reading; D013067:Speech Perception; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013637:Tape Recording