Recovery from Stuttering

University College London, UK

Part 1. General Aspects of Developmental Stuttering. 1. Definitions, Stuttering Severity, and Categorization Instruments. 2. Epidemiology. 3. Symptomatology. Part 2. Factors Related to Developmental Stuttering Based on Experimental Studies. 4. Genetic Factors and Their Impact on Onset and Recovery of Stuttering. 5. CNS Factors in Investigations into Persistent and Recovered Stuttering. 6. Cognitive Factors. 7. Language Factors. 8. Motor Factors. 9. Environmental, Personality, and Emotional Factors. Part 3. Theoretical Frameworks on Developmental Stuttering. 10. Models that Attribute Stuttering to Language Factors Alone. 11. Theories that Explain Why Altered Feedback Improves the Speech Control of Speakers Who Stutter and General Theories of Speech Production that Include Accounts of Stuttering. 12. Model that Proposes an Interaction Between Language and Motor Factors: EXPLAN. Part 4. Practical Issues in Developmental Stuttering. 13. Early Diagnosis of Stuttering and Its Prognosis to Teenage and Beyond. 14. Subtyping. 15. Application to Treatment and General Issues About Recovery.