What Do People Who Stutter Want

Venkatagiri, H.S. (2008). What Do People Who Stutter Want. The Speech Language Res., 10, 1044-1092. Retrieved on September 28, 2008 from http://libproxy.uncg.edu:2079/pubmed/18695024?

The purpose of this study was to survey what adult stutters preferred: fluency or freedom. Freedom was defined as fluent speech, an attitudinal change and freedom to speak without stuttering and a behavior change. Fluent was described as speaking without significant amount of stuttering and maladaptive behaviors. The methods of this research consisted of presenting a survey on the web through April – June, 2006 at http://www.surveymonkey.com/). The participants for this survey were recruited by placing an announcement on the web site of the National Stuttering Association and spreading the word through the directors of ASHA, accredited graduate programs in Communication Disorders and coordinators of support groups listed on the National Stuttering Association’s web page. After the test were administered, data collection from the Survey-Monkey website was calculated into an excel worksheet. Of the 216 individuals, majority choose fluency.