The effectiveness of the integrated approach in eliminating the stuttering behaviors in Jordanian adults who stutter : (a case study)‎

Abstract EN

This study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Integrated Approach in eliminating stuttering behaviors in Jordanian adults who stutter.

The researchers in this study tracked the change —after applying the Integrated Approach— in percents of syllables stuttered (%ss), the total overall score that is based on the (SSI-3), and the aspects of confrontations of different speaking situations for two individuals, 15 and 19 years old.

During the follow-up phase, that was two years long, separated assessments were conducted to see the stability that has been reached at the end of the scheduled treatment sessions.

This study suggested that there is a drop in values from pre to post treatment (from 16% and 14% in reading and conversation in the (%ss) for the first individual, and from 20% and 25% in reading and conversation in the (%ss) for the second individual to 5% for both individuals, and from a score of 27 and 29 in the SSI-3 for the first and second individual, respectively, to 15 for both individuals).

It also suggested -through the notes of close persons and the therapist- that those individuals have excellent motivation in contesting different speaking situations in and out of clinic without hesitation or avoidance.

These results are consistent with those of previous studies.