مقايسه اثربخشي روشهاي باليني و بهبود خودبه خودي در زمان لكنت كودكان با ناروايي گفتار

The Efficacy of Clinical Method Versus Spontaneous Recovery Method in Treatment of Childrenʹs Stuttering with Disfluency

From the available body of research findings and clinical experiences, it can be concluded that some stuttering children recover spontaneously, while others persist in their stuttering. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of clinical method versus spontaneous recovery method in treatment of young childrenʹs stuttering with speech disfluency. Twenty two preschool stuttering children (three to seven years of age) were randomly selected from Towheed Psychological Counselling Center in Tehran. After forming 2 matched groups of 11 children each, one group received clinical method whereas the next eleven children (the second group) did not obtain direct treatment (spontaneous recovery method). Tape- recorded speech samples of 3-minute length were obtained from the children and disfluent words were counted. Results indicated a marked decline over time in the mean frequency of disfluency in the first group (clinical method).