Title: Effect of pacing speech with a miniature electronic metronome on the frequency and duration of selected disfluency behaviors in the spontaneous speech of adult stutterers
Abstract: Ten adult male stutteres spoke between 4 and 8 hr about what they were observing on a television set which had the sound turned off. Approximately 75% of the time they paced their speech with a miniature metronome (Pacemaster) and the remainder they spoke in their usual manner. Their frequency of each of the following disfluency behaiiors per 100 words was determined under both Metronome and No-Metronome Conditions: (1) part-word repetition, (2) word repetition, (3) phrase repetition, (4) interjection of sounds and syllables, (5) prolongation, (6) revision, and (7) broken word. The mean duration of their prolongations, part-word repetitions, and word repetitions was also determined under each condition. The subjects, as a group, produced fewer instances of all disfluency behaviors but revision and their prolongations, part-word repetitions, and word repetitions tended to be shorter under the Metronome Condition. It would appear, therefore, that many behaviors which contribute to moments of stuttering can be reduced in frequency, duration, or both by pacing with a metronome. Implications for metronome-conditioned speech retraining are discussed.
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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