A Randomized Control Trial to Investigate the Impact of the Lidcombe Program on Early Stuttering in German-Speaking Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Lattermann, Christina; Euler, Harald A.; Neumann, Katrin
Titel	A Randomized Control Trial to Investigate the Impact of the Lidcombe Program on Early Stuttering in German-Speaking Preschoolers
Quelle	In: Journal of Fluency Disorders, 33 (2008) 1, S.52-65 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-730X
DOI	10.1016/j.jfludis.2007.12.002
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Articulation (Speech); Stuttering; Educational Objectives; Preschool Children; Articulation (Education); German; Control Groups; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stammer; Stottern; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Deutscher; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	In order to investigate whether the Lidcombe Program effects a short-term reduction of stuttered speech beyond natural recovery, 46 German preschool children were randomly assigned to a wait-contrast group or to an experimental group which received the Lidcombe Program for 16 weeks. The children were between 3;0 and 5;11 years old, their and both of their parents' native language was German, stuttering onset had been at least 6 months before, and their stuttering frequency was higher than 3% stuttered syllables. Spontaneous speech samples were recorded at home and in the clinic prior to treatment and after 4 months. Compared to the wait-contrast group, the treatment group showed a significantly higher decrease in stuttered syllables in home-measurements (6.9%SS vs. 1.6%SS) and clinic-measurements (6.8%SS vs. 3.6%SS), and the same increase in articulation rate. The program is considered an enrichment of currently applied early stuttering interventions in Germany. Educational objectives: Readers will discuss and evaluate: (1) the short-term effects of the Lidcombe Program in comparison to natural recovery on stuttering; (2) the impact of the Lidcombe Program on early stuttering in German-speaking preschool children. (Contains 4 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10