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Stuttering: Can research unravel the riddle?
South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 37, No 1 | a287 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v37i1.287
| © 2019 M. Marks Wahlaus
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Submitted: 28 October 2016 | Published: 31 December 1990
Submitted: 28 October 2016 | Published: 31 December 1990
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M. Marks Wahlaus, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaFull Text:
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In spite of decades of research on stuttering, there are few unequivocal findings. Several reasons for this are offered and discussed. Particular attention is paid to the lack of one accepted definition of stuttering. Other issues concern the unit of stuttering, inter-and intra-stutterer variability, the overt and covert features if stuttering, objective and subjective measures in stuttering research and the sampling of material for study. These are some of the problems which pertain to study of the nature of stuttering. They apply also to research on therapy, which presents additional challenges to the researcher.
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