Lasting Blissful Relief From Early Stuttering?

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Re: A hope for adults?

From: Mark Onslow
Date: 07 Oct 2007
Time: 20:40:15 -0500
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Hi Mona, Thanks for your kind comment about my article. We have published a paper showing that the Lidcombe Program is not really viable with adults. The article is referenced below. However, verbal response contingent stimulatiion procedures are known to have some benefit for adults. The reference for the most recent of these, Hewat et al. 2006, is below and has the most recent review of the literature in its introduction. There is one paper, below, attesting to the efficacy of the Lidcombe Program with school age children, and we have another report being reviewed for publication at the moment. Regards, Mark. Hewat, S., Onslow, M., Packman, A., & O’Brian, S. (2006). A Phase II clinical trial of self-imposed time-out treatment for stuttering in adults and adolescents. Disability and Rehabilitation, 28, 33-42. Blumgart, E., Packman, A., Onslow, M., Harrison, E., Andrews, C., Wahlhaus, M., & Menzies, R. (2001). Investigating the involvement of partners in stuttering therapy. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing, 6, 103-107. Lincoln, M., Onslow, M., Lewis, C., & Wilson, L. (1996). A clinical trial of an operant treatment for school-age children who stutter. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 5, 73-85.


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