Millard Sharon K, Nicholas Alison, Cook Frances M
The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, Finsbury Health Centre, Pine Street, London EC1R 0LP England.
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2008 Jun;51(3):636-50. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/046).
To investigate the efficacy of parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) with young children who stutter.
This is a longitudinal, multiple single-subject study. The participants were 6 children aged 3;3-4;10 [years;months] who had been stuttering for longer than 12 months. Therapy consisted of 6 sessions of clinic-based therapy and 6 weeks of home consolidation. Speech samples were videorecorded during free play with parents at home and analyzed to obtain stuttering data for each child before therapy, during therapy, and up to 12 months posttherapy.
Stuttering frequency data obtained during therapy and posttherapy were compared with the frequency and variability of stuttering in the baseline phase. Four of the 6 children significantly reduced stuttering with both parents by the end of the therapy phase.
PCIT can reduce stuttering in preschool children with 6 sessions of clinic-based therapy and 6 weeks of parent-led, home-based therapy. The study highlights the individual response to therapy. Suggestions for future research directions are made.
探讨亲子互动疗法（PCIT）对幼儿口吃的疗效。
这是一项纵向的多单受试者研究。参与者为6名年龄在3岁3个月至4岁10个月之间且口吃超过12个月的儿童。治疗包括6次基于诊所的治疗和6周的家庭巩固治疗。在孩子与父母在家自由玩耍期间对言语样本进行视频记录，并进行分析以获取每个孩子在治疗前、治疗期间以及治疗后长达12个月的口吃数据。
将治疗期间和治疗后获得的口吃频率数据与基线阶段口吃的频率和变异性进行比较。6名儿童中有4名在治疗阶段结束时与父母双方交流时口吃显著减少。
通过6次基于诊所的治疗以及6周由家长主导的家庭治疗，亲子互动疗法可减少学龄前儿童的口吃。该研究突出了个体对治疗的反应。并对未来的研究方向提出了建议。
