3. Stuttering Assessment Project
This unit
requires that you pair with another clinician. Each student pair will submit one set of the required
analyses for the child and adult samples.
As a
result of completing this unit you will
a) Gain
experience in transcribing speech samples, adult and child
b) Develop
the ability to conduct fluency analyses of speech samples
c) Interpret
the results of your fluency analyses regarding
a. The
frequency of stuttering
b. Rating
the severity of stuttering
Tasks
included in this unit include
a) Listening
to and transcribing selected speech samples of a child and an adult who stutter
b) Completing
the requested speech fluency analyses
c) Determining
the stuttering severity of each sample
You will be
provided audio-video taped samples of a child and an adult who stutter. This is available to you on D2L and you
will need to have RealPlayer to run the sample. If you do not have RealPlayer, it is available at no charge
on the web. You will be expected
to analyze the samples regarding speech and language parameters as described
below.
Child
and Adult Sample Analyses
Your
completed analyses of this sample must include the following:
- A
cover sheet summarizing the results of the completed analyses
- A
“clean copy of your transcription and the individual marks for each
disfluency
- All
of your rough copies
Please
include your data in the following format for each sample:
|
Stuttered-Like
Disfluencies(SLDs) Number in Sample Percentage
of Sample Part-Word
Repetitions Monosyllabic-Word
Repetitions Dysrhythmic
Phonations Total SLDs Other
Disfluencies Interjection Revision Phrase
Repetition Total
Other Disfluencies Total
Disfluencies
Yairi
& Ambrose, 2005 |
Other
data analysis required for the child’s sample includes:
- Stuttering
Severity Rating
o Please
use the Illinois Clinician Stuttering severity Scale (Yairi & Ambrose,
2005)
- Mean
Length of Utterance
o Please
use the normative data from Language
Sample Analysis: The Wisconsin Guide
Other
data analysis required for the adult sample includes:
- Stuttering
Severity Ratings
o The
Stuttering Severity Instrument – 3
o Van
Riper’s Profile of Stuttering Severity
Please
include a concluding section to the assignment that includes
o A
narrative summary paragraph of the results of the analyses regarding the
child’s and the adult’s overall fluency status
¤ A simple
description / characterization of each individual’s speech
o A
paragraph that reflects on your experience of completing this analysis
¤ What were
some of the challenges you encountered when completing this assignment?
¤ What are, in
your opinion, the advantages and disadvantages of having participated in this
assignment?
Grading
This
project is worth 100 points of your course grade. The child analyses is worth 50 points, as is the adult
analyses.
Your
completed work will be due by the end of the day on Friday, November 17,
2006. You will be asked to turn in all of
your rough paper work on paper (in my mailbox), along with your completed final
analysis electronically in the D2L drop box.