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The Effect of Stuttering Therapy based on Slow Speech on the Fluency in Adult Stutters

&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this study was to determine if a slow rate of speech was effective on the frequency, type, and concomitant behaviors of secondary stutters<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Three subjects were selected for this study and they were trained with the stuttering therapy program developed from Behavioral Cognitive Stuttering Therapy Program by Stanley(1997), which was translated by Kwon(2001). Subject 1 was trained 30 times for 5weeks, subject 2 was 41 times and subject 3 was 39 times for 8weeks.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The results of the study were as follows:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Results showed that after the stuttering therapy program was effective in improving secondary stutterer&quot;s behaviors.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;First. the frequency of stuttering was decreased for 2 of 3 subjects.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Second, the progress toward less severe types was showed in 2 of 3 subjects.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Third, the concomitant behaviors was removed or decreased.