Comparing real-time and transcript-based techniques for measuring stuttering

Comparing real-time and transcript-based techniques for measuring stuttering

The purpose of this study was to compare results obtained from two different techniques for counting speech disfluencies. Fifty audio-videotaped speech samples were analyzed using: (a) a transcript-based technique designed to evaluate speech (dis)fluency in the context of a speaker’s conveyed messag...

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Published in:Journal of fluency disorders Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 137 - 151
Main Authors: Yaruss, J.Scott, Max, Michelle S, Newman, Robyn, Campbell, June Haerle
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-05-1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Statistics
Techniques and methods
Language analysis
Human
Measurement
Communication disorder
Verbal fluidity
Stuttering
Conversation
Verbal production
Real time processing
Language disorder
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to compare results obtained from two different techniques for counting speech disfluencies. Fifty audio-videotaped speech samples were analyzed using: (a) a transcript-based technique designed to evaluate speech (dis)fluency in the context of a speaker’s conveyed message and (b) a real-time technique designed to rapidly determine the frequency of various types of speech disfluencies in conversational speech. Results obtained using these two techniques were quite similar, though there were some consistent and predictable differences associated with the presence of brief sound prolongations and more complicated disfluency clusters. Further analysis revealed that the two measurement techniques resulted in substantially different severity ratings for only two of the 50 speech samples. Findings provide support for a comprehensive measurement strategy in which clinicians utilize a transcript-based approach when more detailed information is needed (e.g., during diagnostic evaluations) and a real-time approach for documenting on-going changes in clients’ speech behaviors (e.g., during treatment).
ISSN:0094-730X
1873-801X
DOI:10.1016/S0094-730X(98)00003-5