Journal article
Consensus guidelines for the assessments of individuals who stutter across the lifespan
SB Brundage, NB Ratner, MP Boyle, K Eggers, R Everard, MC Franken, E Kefalianos, AK Marcotte, S Millard, A Packman, M Vanryckeghem, JS Yaruss
American Journal of Speech Language Pathology | AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC | Published : 2021
Abstract
Purpose: This project sought to develop consensus guidelines for clinically meaningful, comprehensive assessment procedures for people who stutter across the lifespan. Method: Twelve expert clinicians and researchers who have written extensively about stuttering provided detailed descriptions of the type of data that they routinely collect during diagnostic evaluations of preschool children, school-age children, adolescents, and adults who stutter. Iterative content analysis, with repeated input from the respondents, was used to identify core areas that reflect common domains that these experts judge to be important for evaluating stuttering for varying age groups. Results: Six core areas we..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Preparation of this article was supported, in part, by grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: (Grant R01 DC018795), awarded to J. Scott Yaruss, Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, and (Grant R01DC015494) awarded to Brian MacWhinney, Carnegie Mellon University, and Nan Bernstein Ratner, University of Maryland-College Park. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The authors would like to thank Caryn Herring, Robyn Lachow, and Seth Tichenor for their assistance with data organization.