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Pseudostuttering Assignments Support Clincial Training and Develop Strong Stuttering Therapists- A Letter to the Editor Regarding Bortz (2024)

A Viewpoint on the Ethics of Pseudostuttering Assignments- Guidelines and Best-Practices for Their Use.

Pseudostuttering, or the act of voluntarily stuttering or stuttering on purpose, has been both regularly used by clinicians alongside clients in stuttering therapy and taught to students in stuttering courses for decades. Yet, in recent years, …

Development and Validation of a Research Version of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering- Adult (OASE-A-R)

The Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering for Adults (OASES-A; Yaruss & Quesal, 2016) is a widely used measurement tool designed to evaluate the adverse impact associated with stuttering. Items examine general perceptions of …

Repetitive Negative Thinking in Adolescents who Stutter

Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is the process of engaging in negatively valenced and habitual thought patterns. RNT is strongly associated with mental health conditions and often affects quality of life. This study explored RNT in older …

Understanding the Broader Impact of Stuttering-Suicidal Ideation

Suicide and suicidal ideation are topics that have a long but limited history in stuttering research. Clinicians and clinical researchers have discussed personal and therapeutic experiences with clients who have attempted suicide, died by suicide, or …

Individual differences in attentional control predict working memory capacity in adults who stutter

Prior research has suggested that people who stutter exhibit differences in some working memory tasks, particularly when more phonologically complex stimuli are used. This study aimed to further specify working memory differences in adults who …

Emotional Regulation and Its Influence on the Experience of Stuttering Across the Life Span

This study evaluated the relationship between emotional regulation (ER) and adverse impact related to stuttering across the developmental spectrum, in preschool and school age children, adolescents, and adults who stutter. An additional aim examined …

The Relationship Between Auditory-Motor Integration, Interoceptive Awareness, and Self-Reported Stuttering Severity

Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental speech disorder associated with motor timing that differs from nonstutterers. While neurodevelopmental disorders impacted by timing are associated with compromised auditory motor integration and interoception, the …

Consistency of children’s hemodynamic responses during spontaneous speech

Hemodynamic responses (HRs) are typically averaged across experimental sessions based on the assumption that brain activation is consistent over multiple trials. This may not be a safe assumption, especially in pediatric populations, due to …

Understanding the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy

This article highlights the value for speech–language pathologists of considering the overall stut- tering condition—including speakers’ experiences during and around moments of stuttering—in treatment with individuals who stutter. We first highlight …