Extensive stuttering therapy in Turkish children who stutter

AbstractBackground/aim: In this study, the immediate and extended outcomes of the stuttering therapy programme were investigated for the first time in Turkey. This paper reports the results of an eight-week extensive stuttering therapy programme for 35 school-aged and adolescents who stutter.Materials and methods: Measurements were made immediately before and after the treatment and again during the follow-up period, 6 months’ post-treatment. The measures included percentage of stuttering and syllables spoken per minute.Results: Turkish school-aged and adolescent children who stutter showed more within-word dysfluencies than between-word dysfluencies. In addition, stuttering characteristics included (in) audible sound prolongations (24%) and sound/syllable repetition (49%). The results indicated that substantial positive changes occurred and were maintained in speech performance with an eight-week stuttering therapy.Conclusion: The present study examined the characteristics of dysfluencies in school-aged ...