basal fluency level

A period of speaking which is free from stuttering created by the therapist by removing all pressures and by facilitating fluency. Used in desensitization therapy as the precondition to the application of gradually increased communicative stress.

Definition reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) available from Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering Words (Publication No 2: Speech Foundation of America)

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