Valentine Daniel T
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO, MONTEVALLO, AL, USA.
Int J Telerehabil. 2015 Jan 29;6(2):51-63. doi: 10.5195/ijt.2014.6154. eCollection 2014 Fall.
This study assessed outcomes in stuttering intervention across three service delivery models: direct, hybrid, and telepractice for two 11-year old children who stutter. The goal of the study was to investigate whether short-term goals were maintained through the telepractice sessions. The Stuttering Severity Instrument, Fourth Edition (SSI-4) was administered to each child before and after each intervention period and weekly fluency samples (percentage of stuttered syllables in a monologue) were obtained in each of the 10-week intervention periods. In addition, the Communication Attitudes Test-Revised was used to assess the children's attitudes toward speaking. Following the telepractice period, parents and children completed a questionnaire concerning the therapy experience via telepractice. Both children continued to improve fluency as measured by the weekly fluency samples. SSI-4 severity ratings improved for one child and remained consistent for the other. These outcomes appear to demonstrate that telepractice is viable for improving and maintaining fluency.
本研究评估了针对两名患有口吃的11岁儿童，在三种服务提供模式（直接治疗、混合治疗和远程治疗）下进行口吃干预的效果。该研究的目的是调查短期目标在远程治疗课程中是否得以维持。在每个干预期前后，对每个儿童进行《口吃严重程度量表》第四版（SSI-4）测试，并在为期10周的每个干预期内每周获取流畅性样本（独白中口吃音节的百分比）。此外，使用修订后的《沟通态度测试》来评估儿童对说话的态度。在远程治疗期结束后，家长和孩子通过远程治疗完成了一份关于治疗体验的问卷。根据每周的流畅性样本测量，两个孩子的流畅性都持续提高。一名儿童的SSI-4严重程度评分有所改善，另一名儿童的评分保持稳定。这些结果似乎表明，远程治疗对于改善和维持流畅性是可行的。
