This paper reports about early secondary prevention for a three-year-old girl with borderline stuttering. The objective of our preventive treatment was to reduce environmental pressures and the child's sensitivity to these stresses. After eight months treatment, these stresses and the child's sensitivity to them changed for the better to some extent, and as a result her stuttering symptoms disappeared. This study suggests that we can not only prevent the stuttering from becoming worse, but also eliminate the symptoms of stuttering altogether, by taking early secondary prevention in cases where children show borderline stuttering without developmental factors such as language problems or difficulty with articulation.

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Simulated disability exercises for aphasia have not been well studied. Based on experience in cross-cultural education, this method was designed to increase understanding of aphasia and to experience (1) the difficulty of communicating without speech, and (2) the anxiety from inability to understand what people are saying. After taking part in this program, participants answered four questions, such as “Are you able to imagine the stress an aphasic might experience?”. From the results of the questionnaire the effect of this program is discussed.

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