Ladouceur R, Martineau G
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 1982 Dec;13(4):301-6. doi: 10.1016/0005-7916(82)90074-x.
The regulated-breathing method appears to be one of the most promising techniques for the treatment of stuttering in adults. In the original experiment reported by Azrin and Nunn (1974), only two children were included. The present experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the efficacy of this therapeutic method with and without direct parental assistance. Twenty-one stuttering children were assigned to two treatment groups and one control group. The first group received the regulated-breathing treatment package, the second group was treated by their parents, trained to apply the regulated-breathing method, and the third group was a waiting-list control group. Obtrusive and unobtrusive measures of speech were recorded. At one month follow-up, although the frequency of stuttering in the two treatment groups was not statistically less than the results obtained by the control group, a 50% decrease occurred from baseline to follow-up periods. On the other hand, the control group showed an increase of stuttering of about 20%. Such results are discussed in relation to those reported by Azrin and Nunn and ways to improve the efficacy of the regulated-breathing method are suggested.
有规律呼吸法似乎是治疗成人口吃最有前景的技术之一。在阿兹林和纳恩（1974年）报道的原始实验中，仅纳入了两名儿童。开展本实验是为了评估这种治疗方法在有无家长直接协助情况下的疗效。21名口吃儿童被分为两个治疗组和一个对照组。第一组接受有规律呼吸治疗方案，第二组由接受过有规律呼吸法应用培训的家长进行治疗，第三组是候补对照组。记录了言语的显见性和非显见性指标。在一个月的随访中，尽管两个治疗组的口吃频率在统计学上并不低于对照组的结果，但从基线期到随访期口吃频率下降了50%。另一方面，对照组的口吃情况增加了约20%。结合阿兹林和纳恩报道的结果对这些结果进行了讨论，并提出了提高有规律呼吸法疗效的方法。
