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From: Vasu Parameswaran
Date: 21 Oct 2004
Time: 09:31:49 -0500
Remote Name: 151.200.90.2
First of all, thanks to everyone for their comments. Thanks to Scott for the detailed response. I browsed thru the OASES instrument and it definitely seems like a step in the right direction. I happen to think that ATLEAST items I.A and II.B from the instrument are relevant to most if not all people who stutter. Granted that some therapists may have their favorite criteria but I think that can be left to the client. The client can be asked how important each criterion is for him/herself. I agree that measurement and predictability are the basis for science. However, we cannot simply only measure things that are the easiest to measure - we need to find ways of measuring and measure other important aspects as well. I suspect that reliance on self-reporting may be a weakness of the instrument but it is definitely better than simply measuring disfluencies and I think that OASES is a great start.