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Indigenous healers and stuttering

Rozanne Platzky, Joan Girson
South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 40, No 1 | a265 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v40i1.265 | © 2019 Rozanne Platzky, Joan Girson | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 24 October 2016 | Published: 31 December 1993

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Rozanne Platzky, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Joan Girson, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Traditional beliefs and attitudes of Black South Africans to stuttering were investigated. Four Indigenous Healers (IHs) from different ethnic groups were interviewed about their beliefs as to cause and management of stuttering, as well as the outcome of their treatment. The data reveals varying degrees of concern about stuttering. The traditional beliefs of cause and management of stuttering show some similarities to current beliefs held by speech pathologists. Implications in terms of the direction in therapy, cooperation with IHs and future research in this field are discussed.

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