Learning Principles Applied to the Stuttering Problem

The Neurobiological Grounding of Persistent Stuttering: from Structure to Function

“…The phenomenon of stuttering has given rise to manifold theories, each shaped by the perspective of a certain field such as for example analytic psychology [13], speech and language pathology [1,5,14], psychology [15,16], linguistics [17][18][19], biomechanics [20][21][22], and neuroscience [23][24][25][26][27]. Neurosciencebased hypotheses have included an aberrant dominant hemisphere structure [28][29][30], basal ganglia dysfunction [23], a disconnection syndrome [31], altered brain timing networks [25,26,32,33], or an altered sensorimotor integration [20,34,35], mostly interrelating with each other.…”

Progressive relaxation training : effects on the communicative ability of aphasic adults

“…The reasons for the success of the relaxation techniques are a matter of conjecture. Relaxation techniques when used with stuttering (Wolpe, 1958;Damste et al, 1968;Falck, 1969;Casteel and McMahon, 1978) and voice (Brodnitz, 1962;Murphy, 1964;Fisher, 1966;Moore, 1971;Boone, 1971 andMarshall andWatts, 1975) cases focuses on reducing tension within particular muscles of the vocal apparatus felt to be contributing to the abnormal speech. Although the voice and stuttering client can learn the basic progressive relaxation strategies in a matter of weeks, it is generally assumed that it takes at least six months before the client learns to differentially relax when necessary.…”

“…Froeschels {1932) indicated the rationale for using relaxation with clinical speech cases is based on the premise that a statelof general or specific body relaxation facilitates good speech production. As a consequence, relaxation training has been successfully employed in the treatment of a variety of hyperfunctional voice disorders (Brodnitz, 1962;Murphy, 1964;Fisher, 1966;Moore, 1971;Boone, 1971;Marshall and Watts, 1975) and stuttering (Wolpe, 1958;Damste, Zwaan and Shoenaker, 1968;Falck, 1969;Casteel and McMahon, 1978).…”

Resozialisierung erwachsener Stotternder im Rahmen eines therapeutischen Prozesses

“…D amste et al [7] formulieren diesen Sachverhalt sehr extrem. Sie behaupten, dass die von Medizinern und Logo päden üblicherweise angebotenen Methoden für die Mehrzahl der Fälle hoff nungslos unangebracht erscheinen.…”