Abstract
In the evaluation of stuttering, it is necessary to grasp in detail the invention and avoidance used by stutterers and confirm their fear of given situations. However, in evaluations based on the Japanese Standardized Test for Stuttering (Second Edition) and the breakdown of stuttering developmental phases, no specific methods are described for confirming the stutterer's invention/avoidance, which is a symptom difficult to grasp by observation only. Additionally, in the Standardized Test for Stuttering (Second Edition) and the breakdown of stuttering developmental phases, no items are given for evaluating the stutterer's state of fear toward various situations in daily life. In our study, we presented a stuttering questionnaire to a case whose invention/avoidance could not be confirmed in free conversation and whose state of fear in various daily life scenes could not be evaluated using the Standardized Test for Stuttering (Second Edition) and stuttering developmental phases. From the results, we were able to evaluate the invention/avoidance that this case used and fearful scenes in daily life. As improvement in stuttering was then observed, our case study indicates the importance of evaluating invention/avoidance and state of fear in daily life using a stuttering questionnaire.
