Purpose: Stuttering in communication can bring difficulties in social activities along with negative perceptions of speakers. The purpose of this study is to develop a telecommunication group intervention program for stuttering adults with a controlle...
Purpose: Stuttering in communication can bring difficulties in social activities along with negative perceptions of speakers. The purpose of this study is to develop a telecommunication group intervention program for stuttering adults with a controlled level of fluency and to examine its effectiveness.
Methods: A total of five participants in this study measured spoken language speed, monologue syllable count, S-24, SESAS, PSI, LCB, and self-monitoring scale before and after using Zoom, a remote conferencing platform.
Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in spoken language speed in reading, SESAS-approach attitude, PSI-avoidance, and PSI-struggle.
Conclusions: As a result of conducting this program, it was found that fluency success experience due to spoken word monitoring training and intervention in various communication environments had a positive effect on subjects' monitoring ability and stuttering perception. Based on this, in the future, it is necessary to compare the effect with the existing face-to-face intervention by applying fluency promotion techniques and establishment programs with subjects who need establishment stage intervention. In addition, it is necessary to control speaking speed, speaking time, speaking length, and speaking content to increase the intensity of communication pressure from low to high level and to artificially create a high-pressure communication environment and train fluency enhancement techniques within the group. It is proposed to examine the effect of intervention by inducing the transition to daily life through long-term intervention.