title: Video self-modeling as a post-treatment fluency recovery strategy for adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This multiple-baseline across subjects study investigated the effectiveness of video self-modeling (VSM) in reducing stuttering and bringing about improvements in associated self-report measures. Participants' viewing practices and perceptions of the utility of VSM also were explored.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three adult males who had previously completed speech restructuring treatment viewed VSM recordings twice per week for 6 weeks. Weekly speech data, treatment viewing logs, and pre- and post-treatment self-report measures were obtained. An exit interview also was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two participants showed a decreasing trend in stuttering frequency. All participants appeared to engage in fewer avoidance behaviors and had less expectations to stutter. All participants perceived that, in different ways, the VSM treatment had benefited them and all participants had unique viewing practices.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the increasing availability and ease in using portable audio-visual technology, VSM appears to offer an economical and clinically useful tool for clients who are motivated to use the technology to recover fluency.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Readers will be able to describe: (a) the tenets of video-self modeling; (b) the main components of video-self modeling as a fluency recovery treatment as used in this study; and (c) speech and self-report outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Stuttering Treatment & Research (ISTAR), Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: jessica.harasym@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harasym
authors.affiliation: Institute for Stuttering Treatment & Research (ISTAR), Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: marilyn.langevin@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langevin
authors.affiliation: Institute for Stuttering Treatment & Research (ISTAR), Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kully
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010465:Perception; D012648:Self Care; D057566:Self Report; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013060:Speech; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D013070:Speech Therapy; D013342:Stuttering / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014743:Videotape Recording
keywords: Adults; Self-modeling; Stuttering; Video self-modeling