Stuttering Case Study

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Stuttering, the speech disorder that leads to several different behaviors all impacted by social situations. Stuttering itself is a speech impediment that makes it difficult for its victims to make out certain syllables, sounds, or words in a smooth clear manner. Through the years, several different kinds of research studies have been conducted over the specific disorder to better understand it as a whole. “The Impact of Social-Cognitive Stress on Speech Variability, Determinism, and Stability in Adults Who Do and Do Not Stutter” was one of the studies done to comprehend what role social cognitive stress played on the disorder. Jackson et. al. (2016) In addition, in order to fully grasp onto the day to day life of a person living with the stuttering …show more content…

Whalen conducted a speech disorder study on stuttering. The purpose of the study was done to examine the impact that social-cognitive stress had on one's ability to speak with the disorder. Many different speech characteristics were observed. The study involved taking note of the change of speech variability, stability, and determinism when people were put into different social situations by looking at their behavior, lip movement, and pronunciation when told to repeat certain sentences. In order to avoid confusing normal vocal inability with dysfunctions caused by the disorder, the researchers tested both people with and without the speech impediment. The research resulted in discovering that people who stutter not only tended to be more stable and deterministic with their sentences than the people who did not stutter, but also showcased more variable across sentences. When dealing with social anxiety, however, the participants that stutter showed more signs of struggling when faced with an audience. All together, people who stutter displayed a less flexible speaking approach when it came to face to face communication in this …show more content…

One of Haberman’s articles, “At Ease With a Life Of Stuttering” was shared with the public in 1999 about the personal struggles of Peter Reitzes. Reitzes has lived his whole life with the speech disorder and until he learned to cope with it, lived a life of stress. Similar to the commonly seen behaviors dealing with embarrassment, guilt, and frustration, Reitzes was all too familiar with them himself. He shares that he would often find himself not talking in social situations, or facing many limitations due to his impediment. Mr. Reitzes shares that to manage his stuttering, he simply accepted it. He came to a realization that he needs to speak his mind and stop holding back, even if it took time to get out what he wanted to say. Improved participation and healthy attitudes helped him start living the life he wanted to

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