Handbook on Stuttering
5th Edition
Published on 1. January 1995
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-1-56593-395-8 (ISBN)
Description
This fifth edition of this volume updates the reader on the breadth of research that has been conducted on stuttering. In addition to research on the aetiology, incidence, characteristics, and treatment of stuttering, the author includes information on neuromotor control research, comparison of developmental stuttering to neurogenic stuttering, and advocacy/self-help groups. In this revised and updated handbook, the author has interwoven the results of some 400 studies at appropriate points in the text and included 2000 references.
This fifth edition of this volume updates the reader on the breadth of research that has been conducted on stuttering. In addition to research on the aetiology, incidence, characteristics, and treatment of stuttering, the author includes information on neuromotor control research, comparison of developmental stuttering to neurogenic stuttering, and advocacy/self-help groups. In this revised and updated handbook, the author has interwoven the results of some 400 studies at appropriate points in the text and included 2000 references.
This fifth edition of this volume updates the reader on the breadth of research that has been conducted on stuttering. In addition to research on the aetiology, incidence, characteristics, and treatment of stuttering, the author includes information on neuromotor control research, comparison of developmental stuttering to neurogenic stuttering, and advocacy/self-help groups. In this revised and updated handbook, the author has interwoven the results of some 400 studies at appropriate points in the text and included 2000 references.
More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
13 line illustrations, references, indexes
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56593-395-8 (9781565933958)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Symptomatoloty. Theories of stuttering. Prevalence and incidence. The person who stutters: physical constitution. The person who stutters: personality. The person who stutters: developmental history and home environment. Stuttering as a response: some controversial phenomena. Early stuttering and normal disfluency. Inferences nad conclusions. Treatment.