Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders

Taking a realistic and clinical approach, the author provides an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the literature on all fluency disorders, not just stuttering. He clearly presents a base of knowledge regarding the symptomology, phenomenology, epidemiology, and development of the disorders, while acquainting the reader with a wide variety of viewpoints on their etiology and management.Students who use this book will gain a realistic understanding of the impact of fluency disorders on children's and adults' lives and will be well-equipped with strategies for reducing both this negative impact and the abnormal disfluency.FEATURES- A unique review of the management literature on other fluency disorders, including cluttering, neurogenic acquired stuttering, psychogenic acquired stuttering, spastic dysphonia, sign-language stuttering, horn stuttering, and malingered stuttering provides the information that students need in diagnosing and/or treating fluency disorders other than stuttering.- Appendices provide practical information for use in clinical applications, such as developing questionnaires for gathering report templates, recording evaluation data, and constructing evaluation sentences and paragraphs.- Thoroughly updated review of the literature on the topic of stuttering and other fluency disorders.Silverman, Franklin H. is the author of 'Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders', published 1996 under ISBN 9780205175147 and ISBN 0205175147.