Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 1965 · 328 citations · 0 references
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The review covers major theories of stuttering onset and development, with authors offering candid critiques of prevailing viewpoints. The volume presents a structured review of stuttering theories, a pilot study of school children, and a comprehensive matched‑group study of stutterers and controls, including a longitudinal Newcastle cohort from 1946–1962.
This well-written volume presents, in order of practical significance, a review of the literature and thinking on stuttering, a report of a pilot study of school children, and a meticulously conducted study of many possible variables related to a matched group of stutterers and controls. latter two projects were conducted in England. Chapters 1 and 2 contain a detailed review of the various theories concerning the onset and development of stuttering in children. None of the major viewpoints is slighted and the authors are refreshingly candid—some will say brave—in providing their own reactions to the pronouncements of the authorities. Chapter 3, entitled The Natural History of Stuttering, presents a brief report on a longitudinal study conducted in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1946 to 1962 and deals with that part of the program in which stuttering was an observed or reported occurrence. remaining six chapters concern themselves with