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Re: SpeechEasy

From: Ann Packman
Date: 11 Oct 2004
Time: 01:47:24 -0500
Remote Name: 129.78.64.100

Comments

I would like to add to Vikram’s comments about the use of AAF. I agree with him that there is indeed considerable experimental research indicating that AAF can have an immediate and sometimes dramatic impact on stuttering. As far as I know, however, AAF has not been evaluated in a clinical trial. This type of research assesses the effects of a treatment in representative real-life situations. Such research can show how many people are helped in everyday life by a treatment, to what extent they are helped, and whether certain types and/or levels of severity of the problem at hand respond better than others. In addition, client tolerance for a treatment can be established. This information would be most helpful for people who stutter, and for clinicians, in considering AAF as a treatment option.


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