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Individualized Behavioural Treatment of Severe Stuttering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Willi Ecker  and
Victor Meyer
Willi Ecker
Affiliation:
Psychosomatische Fachklinik Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Victor Meyer
Affiliation:
University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London
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This case study illustrates the reduction of severe stuttering by an individually tailored treatment programme. Interventions are derived from a tripartite analysis (Lang, 1971) and include EMG biofeedback, regulated breathing, exposure in vivo to stressful communication situations and cognitive techniques to reduce relapse risk. The role of dysfunctional response system interactions in stuttering is emphasized. Treatment resulted in a marked reduction of stuttering and associated facial contortions during videotaped conversations with strangers and oral reading. Improvement was maintained at one-year follow-up.

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Clinical Section
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 347 - 357
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1991

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