Theoretical Issues in Stuttering

CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
ch1 THE SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING
ch2 THE ROLE OF THEORY IN THE SCIENCES
ch3 EVALUATING THEORIES
ch4 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ONSELECTED PAST AND PRESENTTHEORIES OF STUTTERING
	Influences of the zeitgeist
	Psychology (a very brief history)
	Psychoanalysis
	Cerebral dominance
	Neurophysiology
	Culture and language
	Chaos theory
	Conclusion
ch5 WHAT SHOULD A THEORY OFSTUTTERING EXPLAIN?
ch6 THEORIES OF STUTTERING - Speech motor control
	Introduction
	Sensory-motor modelling theory
	The interhemispheric interference model
	The variability model
	Speech motor skill theory
	Speech concatenation theory
	The Packman and Attanasio 3-factor model of moments of stuttering
		FIGURE 6.1 The Pack111a11 and Attanasio 3-factor model of mo111ents of stuttering
		Factor 1: Impaired neural processing for spoken language
		Factor 2: Triggers
		Factor 3: Modulators
	Extended GODIVA model
ch7 THEORIES OF STUTTERING - Cognitive and linguistic processing
	The anticipatory struggle hypothesis
	The covert repair hypothesis
	The vicious circle (cycle) hypothesis
	EXPLAN
	The variable release threshold hypothesis
ch8 THEORIES OF STUTTERING - Multifactorial models
	The demands and capacities model
		FIGURE 8.1 A simple linear cause-effect model that emphasizes constitutional factors
		FIGURE 8.2 A simple linear cause- effect model that emphasizes environmental factors
		FIGURE 8.3 A complex linear cause-effect model that emphasizes relationships between capacity and demand
	The dynamic multifactorial model
	Commentary on multifactorial models
ch9 THE EVOLUTION OF THEORIES
	Evolution of theories of stuttering
	Packman and Attanasio 3-factor causal model of moments ofstuttering
	Extended GODIVA model
	Variable threshold release (VRT) hypothesis
ch10 THEORY AND TREATMENT
	Introduction
	Therapy based on theory
	Effective therapy as confirmation of theory
	The proof of the pudding is in the evidence
	The necessity of causal theory for treatment
	Atheoretical treatment: an example
	Theories as potential sources of error in the selection of treatment
	From treatment to theory
	Postscript
REFERENCES
INDEX