?THE FOLLOW-UP SERVEY OF STUTTERING SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

This is the follow-up servey of 22 stuttering school children who had been seen in the speech therapy programs of a certain elementary school during the five-year period between April 1974 and March 1979. We were able to collect information about 21 cases through interview or telephone. The length of time following dimissal from therapy ranged from five to sixty-four months; 18 cases had been dismissed more than one year previously. At the time of follow-up assessment, 19 cases were reported to be either no longer stuttering (cured) or to be stuttering very occasionally (almost cured). Only 2 cases, who were interviewed five months after termination of treatment, were reported to experience recurrence of stuttering usually, but to be better than when dismissed from therapy.