Recovery from stuttering / Peter Howell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, Peter, 1947- author.

Series:

Language and speech disorders.

Language and speech disorders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stuttering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book is a comprehensive guide to the evidence, theories, and practical issues associated with recovery from stuttering in early childhood and into adolescence. It examines evidence that stuttering is associated with a range of biological factors such as genetics and psychological factors such as anxiety, and it critically assesses theoretical accounts that attempt to integrate these findings. Written so that it can be used flexibly to meet the demands of courses about stuttering, the book may be used as a text at the undergraduate or graduate level in psychology or speech-language science"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

(Publisher-supplied data) Definitions, Stuttering Severity, and Categorization Instruments

Epidemiology

Symptomatology

Genetic Factors and Their Impact on Onset and Recovery of Stuttering

CNS Factors in Investigations Into Persistent and Recovered Stuttering

Cognitive Factors

Language Factors

Motor Factors

Environmental, Personality, and Emotional Factors

Models That Attribute Stuttering to Language Factors Alone

Theories That Explain Why Altered Feedback Improves the Speech Control of Speakers Who Stutter and General Theories of Speech Production That Include Accounts of Stuttering

Model That Proposes an Interaction Between Language and Motor Factors: EXPLAN

Early Diagnosis of Stuttering and Its Prognosis to Teenage Years and Beyond

Subtyping

Application to Treatment and General Issues About Recovery.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-94104-5

1-283-10581-0

1-136-94105-3

9786613105813

0-203-84740-7

9780203847404

OCLC:

712037563