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The enigma of fluency: A single case study

Tessa Goldsmith, Denise Anderson
South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 31, No 1 | a346 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v31i1.346 | © 2019 Tessa Goldsmith, Denise Anderson | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 November 2016 | Published: 31 December 1984

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Tessa Goldsmith, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Denise Anderson, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Abstract

The article deals with the relapse and maintenance of fluency skills in an adult stutterer following a "fluency-based" treatment programme. Recordings of speech were made at relevant intervals throughout an eight-month period. Immediately after intensive treatment, fluency was established and rate and attitudes normalized. The deterioration of these behaviours and their re-instatement is described.

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