Cybernetic functioning in stuttering

Ursula Zsilavecz

doi:10.4102/sajcd.v28i1.353

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Cybernetic functioning in stuttering

Ursula Zsilavecz

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Ursula Zsilavecz, Department of Speech Science, Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate different kinds of masking noise and DAF, in order to identify the condition which would elicit the highest incidence of fluency in a group of stutterers. The study demonstrates that masking noise and DAF can be effectively applied as an aid in a therapy programme, viz. noise can effectively be put to use so as to encourage and reinforce somesthesia. Stuttering is viewed as defective functioning in the cybernetic system.

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