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Contemporary clinical conversations about stuttering: Can intervention stop early stuttering development?

Purpose: To discuss whether early intervention can stop stuttering development. To inform junior clinicians and students of speech-language pathology about contemporary views on this issue. Method: The issue was discussed by two university researchers and two speech-language pathologists who provide...

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Published in:International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 539 - 547
Main Authors: L. Edwards, Brooke, Jackson, Eric S., Kefalianos, Elaina, Sheedy, Stacey, Onslow, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2025
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          L. Edwards, Brooke
          Jackson, Eric S.
          Kefalianos, Elaina
          Sheedy, Stacey
          Onslow, Mark
        affil: SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, New York, NY, USA
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          Conversation
          Fluency Disorders Prevention and Control
          Early Intervention
          Health Personnel
          Students, Speech-Language Pathology
          Research Personnel
          Speech-Language Pathologists
          Reflection
          Professional Practice, Evidence-Based
          Severity of Illness
          Communication
          Fluency Disorders Classification
      ab: Purpose: To discuss whether early intervention can stop stuttering development. To inform junior clinicians and students of speech-language pathology about contemporary views on this issue. Method: The issue was discussed by two university researchers and two speech-language pathologists who provide public clinical services. Written conversational turns in an exchange were limited to 100 words each. When that written dialogue was concluded, each participant provided 200 words of final reflection about the issue. Result: Most differences that emerged centred on the clinical evidence base for early intervention, which emphasises stuttering reduction, and how it should be interpreted. Conclusion: The evidence base for early intervention has limitations and it should be interpreted cautiously. One interpretation is that reducing stuttering severity is a justifiable core of early management. Another interpretation focuses on ease of communication, anticipation of stuttering, and covert stuttering.
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