Eye movement as a simple, cost-effective tool for people who stutter: A case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

 Access to services remains the biggest barrier to helping the most vulnerable in the South African Stuttering Community. This novel stuttering therapy, harnessing an unconscious link between eye and tongue movement, may provide a new therapeutic approach, easily communicated and deliverable online.

Objectives

 This study provides both objective and subjective assessments of the feasibility of this intervention. Assessment tools holistically address all components of stuttering in line with comprehensive treatment approaches: core behaviours, secondary behaviours, anticipation and reactions.

Method

 On receipt of ethical approval, this single-subject case design recruited one adult (21-year-old) male with a developmental stutter (DS). The participant gave i

SUBMITTER: McDonagh HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476227 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature