Effects of Alterations in Auditory Feedback and Speech Rate on Stuttering Frequency

@article{Kalinowski1993EffectsOA,
  title={Effects of Alterations in Auditory Feedback and Speech Rate on Stuttering Frequency},
  author={Joseph Kalinowski and Joy Armson and Andrew Stuart and Vincent L. Gracco},
  journal={Language and Speech},
  year={1993},
  volume={36},
  pages={1 - 16}
}
This study investigated the effects of altered auditory feedback on stuttering frequency during speech production at two different speech rates. Nine stutterers, who exhibited at least 5% dysfluency during a reading task, served as subjects. They read eight different passages (each 300 syllables in length) while receiving four conditions of auditory feedback: nonaltered, masking, delayed, and frequency altered. For each auditory feedback condition, subjects read at both a normal and a fast rate… 
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