laryngeal auditory feedback

An electronic device in which a small microphone is taped to the stutterer's throat: the amplified sound is provided to the stutterer's ears and helps improve the stutterer's awareness of vocal fold vibration.

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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