Rhythmic Ability Improvement and its Role in Stuttering Therapy

Elena Kazbanova

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of rhythmic ability of people who stutter (PWS) on their successful results in speech fluency in stuttering therapy. It turned out that the higher the initial level of rhythmic ability of the participants was, the better they mastered the fluent speech technique they were taught. Having determined this correlation we developed a special communicative method for both non-speech and speech rate and rhythm improvement. The systematic use of the method as a part of the stuttering therapy encouraged more efficacious fluent speech technique mastering of PWS.