stuttering: modifying the stuttering pattern
Refers to the stutterer changing what he does when he stutters. Clinicians
suggest that the stutterer can deliberately change his stuttering behavior and
learn to stutter in an easier manner. Clinical emphasis is reducing the overall
severity of the stuttering rather than replacing it with fluent speech. In so
modifying his
stuttering pattern he learns to change his way of speaking and
develop a style of talking which is less abnormal and free of excessive tensing.
A basic fact revealed by laboratory and clinical studies is that the behavior
called stuttering is modifiable. (See slide, pull-out,
proprioceptive monitoring, easy onset, cancellation,
preparatory set.)*
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*Reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) Stuttering
Words, third edition
Paperback 1997 available from Stuttering Foundation of America
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