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Re: Speech Easy and Fluency Master for children

From: Rick Merson, Ph.D., SLP
Date: 05 Oct 2004
Time: 16:09:11 -0500
Remote Name: 134.29.30.89

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I have assessed and fit a number of patients with auditory sidetone including the Fluency Master and the SpeechEasy devices. I fit 30 adults with the Fluency Master in the early 1990's with good results for some and poor for others. I have just completed two years of utilizing the SpeechEasy having assessed 260 persons who stutter and fit 126. The youngest I fit was an 11 year old and it was not tolerated well. In general I believe all pre-teens and younger adolescents (13-16) should seek out traditional forms of therapy. Children have many opportunities to work hard and make good progress with their stuttering in treatment. I will publish my SpeechEasy results this fall having tracked these Users for two years. In general many adults and older adolescents gain some benefit from the SpeechEasy and others do not. It is highly individual. There is much to be learned from auditory sidetone in the treatment of stuttering


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