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English Pages [203] Year 1964
Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 17
THE SYNDROME OF STUTTERING/
by
Gavin
A~rews 7
and Mary Harris
with
Roger Garside and David Kay
Introduction by
Professor Donald Court
Professor Martin Roth
From the Departments of Psychological Medicine and Child Health in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
W. S. H einman Imported Books 400 lfaat 72nd Street
1964
Pu~l~ s hed by The Spastics Society Medical Education and Information Untt in Association with William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd., London
('ontril>ufors
A11rhc>1 ,.
M.B., Ch .B., D.P.M ., . . Lectu rer in Psychjatry, Un1ve~s 1ty of New So uth Wales, Sydney, Australia. Formerly Senior Research A ssociate in the Department of Child Health and P sychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon
I Ci •\ nd1t'"'
Tyne.
L.C.S.T., N .F.F., L .R.A.M., Lecturer in Speech Pathology and Therapy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
\1 . M. Harri
Genetic and statistical analysis by
..
B.Sc., Senior Lecturer in Applied P sychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
D. W. K . Kay ..
M.A., D.M., M.R.C.P., D.P.M., Honorary Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
R. F. Garside
Psychological testing M. Clarke
M.A., Ed.B., Ph.D.,
Lecturer in Psychology, Jordan Hill College of Education, Glasgow. Under the guidance of S. D. M. Court ..
M.D., F .R.C.P., F.C.S.T., Ja~es Spence Professor of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
M. Roth
M.D., F.R.C.P. D p M Professor of Psy' h ·I · · " . . . . c o og1cal Med1c1ne UDIVers1 ty of N ewcastle upon Tyne. '
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y THE LAVENHAM .
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Contents Donald Court, Martin R oth
l nt roduction
T he Diagnosis of S tuttering
CllAPTER l
1
De(111itio11
1
The diagnosis of stuttering Differenrial diagnosis
3
..
4
The measurement of stuttering
CHAPTE R 2
Present
Kn~~.;r the Syndrome
Factors affecting the prevalence of stuttering 6
I. A ge
6
2. Di tribution of stuttering accordi ng to sex
7
3. The intel ligence of stutterers ..
7
4. L aterality and stuttering
8
5. Distribut[on b y social class @
8
nviron ment and stutteri ng
The clinical manifestations of stuttering I. Th e development of speech in stutterers
9 9
~Jfhe onset of stuttering .. The symptoms of stuttering .. 4. The development of the severe syndrome
Y
10 12 13
5. Factors modifying the stutter
16
6. Outcome a nd prognosis
The aetiology of stuttering tuttering as the result of constitutional or neurological difference . . tuttering as a man ifestati on of psychoneurosis. . .. .. tuttering as a learned response Discussion
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