Abstract
The application of behavior therapy to the treatment of stuttering were reviewed with emphasis on the techniques of therapy. In the past decade, the following behavior therapy techniques have been applied to the treatment of stuttering, such as shadowing, rhythmic speech, DAF, masking, systematic desensitization, assertion training, modeling, operant conditioning, and biofeedback. The recent trends of behavioristic approach to stuttering are as follows : (1)introduction of selfcontrol techniques, (2) introduction of cognitive theory, (3) combined use of behavioristic approach and other therapeutic theories, (4) giving importance to both generalization and maintenance of the therapeutic effects established in the clinic. Although this review suggests that behavior therapy have contributed to modify stuttering, there seems to be few reports basing on the following two points : (1) presenting evidence-which aspects of stuttering does a given technique suppress, (2) exploring the factors which have led to impede progress through the cases resulted in failure treatment.
