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Stuttering treatment for adults: an update on contemporary approaches by Blomgren, Michael

“…This article provides a brief overview of historical and current approaches to stuttering treatment for adults. Treatment is discussed in terms of stuttering…”
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Characteristics of speech disfluency in Parkinson disease by Goberman, Alexander M., Blomgren, Michael, Metzger, Erika

“…The purpose of this study was to describe speech disfluency characteristics in a group of 32 individuals with Parkinson disease (PD). Individuals with PD read…”
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Parkinsonian speech disfluencies: effects of l-dopa-related fluctuations by Goberman, Alexander M, Blomgren, Michael

“…The excess dopamine theory of stuttering (Wu et al., 1997) contends that stuttering may be related to excess levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the…”
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Behavioral treatments for children and adults who stutter: a review by Blomgren, Michael

“…This paper provides a brief overview of stuttering followed by a synopsis of current approaches to treat stuttering in children and adults. Treatment is…”
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A note on vowel centralization in stuttering and nonstuttering individuals by Blomgren, M, Robb, M, Chen, Y

“…Inferences were made regarding vocal tract vowel space during fluently produced utterances through examination of the first two formant frequencies. Fifteen…”
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Exploring the Neural Bases of Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia: A Case Study Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Roy, Nelson, Dietrich, Maria, Blomgren, Michael, Heller, Amanda, Houtz, Daniel R., Lee, James

“…Primary muscle tension dysphonia (pMTD) is a voice disorder that occurs in the absence of laryngeal pathology. Dysregulated activity of the paralaryngeal…”
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Modifying Phonation Intervals (MPI) stuttering therapy compared to standard prolonged speech treatment by Matthews, Darrell, Blomgren, Michael

“…This review provides a summary and appraisal commentary on the treatment review by Ingham, R., Ingham, J., Bothe, A., Wang, Y., & Kilgo, M. (2015). Efficacy of…”
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Discrimination and internalised feelings experienced by people who stutter in Jordan by Alqhazo, Mazin, Blomgren, Michael, Roy, Nelson, Abu Awwad, Maha

“…Purpose: This study investigated the internalised feelings and discrimination experienced by people who stutter in Jordan. Method: Five adult speakers who…”
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Fundamental Frequency Change During Offset and Onset of Voicing in Individuals with Parkinson Disease by Goberman, Alexander M, Blomgren, Michael

“…Summary After years of treatment with the medication levodopa, most individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) experience fluctuations in response to their…”
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Quantification and Systematic Characterization of Stuttering-Like Disfluencies in Acquired Apraxia of Speech by Bailey, Dallin J, Blomgren, Michael, DeLong, Catharine, Berggren, Kiera, Wambaugh, Julie L

“…The purpose of this article is to quantify and describe stuttering-like disfluencies in speakers with acquired apraxia of speech (AOS), utilizing the Lidcombe…”
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Fluency adaptation in speakers with Parkinson disease: a motor learning perspective by Whitfield, Jason A., Delong, Catharine, Goberman, Alexander M., Blomgren, Michael

“…Purpose: Fluency adaptation is characterised by a reduction in stuttering-like behaviours over successive readings of the same speech material and is an effect…”
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Formant transitions in the fluent speech of Farsi-speaking people who stutter by Dehqan, Ali, Yadegari, Fariba, Blomgren, Michael, Scherer, Ronald C.

“…•F2 transitions were examined between 10 stuttering and 10 nonstuttering Iranian speakers.•The mean formant frequency extent in Hz was greater for the…”
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The role of language familiarity in bilingual stuttering assessment by Lee, Amanda Savio, Robb, Michael P., Ormond, Tika, Blomgren, Michael

“…Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of English-speaking speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to evaluate stuttering behaviour in two…”
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"Spontaneous" late recovery from stuttering: Dimensions of reported techniques and causal attributions by Neumann, Katrin, Euler, Harald A., Zens, Rebekka, Piskernik, Bernhard, Packman, Ann, St. Louis, Kenneth O., Kell, Christian A., Amir, Ofer, Blomgren, Michael, Boucand, Véronique Aumont, Eggers, Kurt, Fibiger, Steen, Fourches, Audrey, Franken, Marie-Christine J.P., Finn, Patrick

“…•Techniques for late spontaneous recovery from stuttering clustered into six strategies.•The strategies reflect components of established treatments and naïve…”
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Measuring Stuttering in Preschool-Aged Children across Different Languages: An International Study by Bosshardt, Hans-Georg, Packman, Ann, Blomgren, Michael, Kretschmann, Jens

“…Many speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are working in linguistically diverse communities and have to identify and measure stuttering in a language other than…”
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Exploratory Randomized Clinical Study of Pagoclone in Persistent Developmental Stuttering: The EXamining Pagoclone for peRsistent dEvelopmental Stuttering Study by MAGUIRE, Gerald, FRANKLIN, David, SONI, Poonam, BLOMGREN, Michael, SILVERMAN, Andrew, RILEY, Glyndon, VATAKIS, Nick G, MORGENSHTERN, Elena, DENKO, Timothey, YARUSS, J. Scott, SPOTTS, Crystal, DAVIS, Larry, DAVIS, Aaron, FOX, Peter

“…Stuttering is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by repetitions, prolongation, and blocks of sounds, syllables, or words. No…”
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Intensive Stuttering Modification Therapy: A Multidimensional Assessment of Treatment Outcomes by Blomgren, Michael, Roy, Nelson, Callister, Thomas, Merrill, Ray M

“…Nineteen adults who stutter participated in a 3-week intensive stuttering modification treatment program (the Successful Stuttering Management Program [SSMP])…”
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Revisiting speech rate and utterance length manipulations in stuttering speakers by Blomgren, Michael, Goberman, Alexander M

“…Abstract The goal of this study was to evaluate stuttering frequency across a multidimensional (2 × 2) hierarchy of speech performance tasks. Specifically,…”
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Acoustic, aerodynamic, physiologic, and perceptual properties of modal and vocal fry registers by Blomgren, M, Chen, Y, Ng, M L, Gilbert, H R

“…The purpose of the study was to examine the acoustic, aerodynamic, physiologic, and perceptual characteristics of modal and vocal fry production. Twenty normal…”
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An evaluation of the effects of three laryngeal lubricants on phonation threshold pressure (PTP) by Roy, Nelson, Tanner, Kristine, Gray, Steven D, Blomgren, Michael, Fisher, Kimberly V

“…Clinicians frequently offer advice to performers and voice-disordered patients aimed ostensibly to manipulate the water content and/or viscosity of the mucus…”
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