Nola Radford, Ph.D, recently wrote an interesting blog post “One Size Does Not Fit All: Let’s Investigate and Cite Lesser Known Approaches to Fluency Therapy.” Dr. Radford’s blog post first summarizes a study she did with the Casa Futura Technologies School DAF, which found more than 50% carryover fluency after using the device in therapy. […]
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First Study of Cognitive Bias Modification for Social Anxiety in Stutterers
Many stutterers suffer from social anxiety disorder. The only evidence-based treatment for social anxiety disorder in stutterers is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which must be provided by a therapist, is lengthy, expensive, and has mixed results. CBT has high cognitive demands for controlled and deliberate processing of threats, on top of most stuttering therapies having […]
Cluttering and Other Fluency Disorders
Cluttering Cluttering (also called tachyphemia) is a communication disorder characterized by speech that is difficult for listeners to understand due to rapid speaking rate, erratic rhythm, poor syntax or grammar, and words unrelated to the sentence. One description is speech with “sudden impulsive bursts that are filled with misarticulations and disfluencies.” [1] The person with […]
The Ph.D. Effect: How Too Much Education Makes People Stupid
Psychologists have studied the judgment of experts since the Tenerife airport disaster. On March 27, 1977, KLM’s top Boeing 747 pilot started to take off on a foggy runway in the Canary Islands. The flight engineer, the lowest-ranking officer in the cockpit and not a qualified pilot, told the pilot that a Pan Am 747 […]
Stuttering, Employment, Job Interviews, and the ADA
I am 21 years old. Recently, I graduated from my third college course and still no job. Interviews come by the dozens but job offers are none! I am a Pharmacy Assistant Health Care Aide plus a medical transcriptionist, but after all the years in school and all the money spent on education, I am […]