ABSTRACT

Stuttering Perspectives is a highly engaging book that interweaves discussion and research about stuttering with personal accounts.

Written in a reader-friendly and informal style, the book considers stuttering from a variety of angles, providing the reader with a nuanced and holistic view. In this way, topics such as therapy, support groups, listener reactions, and many others are not only explained within the context of current research, but also illustrated with lively examples demonstrating the stuttering experience. Fully updated in its second edition, the book includes new stories, additional discussion questions, and inclusion of contemporary stuttering issues not contained in the original version.

This book is highly relevant reading for speech and language professionals, as well as students of communication sciences and disorders. It will also be of great interest to people who stutter and anyone with an interest in fluency disorders.

chapter 1|7 pages

The Start

chapter 3|4 pages

Eighth Grade English Class

chapter 6|16 pages

Therapy

chapter 7|4 pages

The Pianist

chapter 8|6 pages

Support Groups

chapter 9|6 pages

The Meeting

chapter 11|6 pages

Dialogue

chapter 12|10 pages

Listeners

chapter 13|20 pages

Stories of Listeners

chapter 15|4 pages

Losing a Life

chapter 17|7 pages

The Match of a Lifetime

chapter 18|19 pages

Odds ‘n’ Ends

chapter 19|5 pages

The Bottom Line

chapter 20|3 pages

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