Searching for Lidcombe Program mechanisms of action: Inter-turn speaker latency.

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Clin Linguist Phon, 2022, pp. 1-13
Issue Date:
2022-11-12
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The Lidcombe Program is a well-established and efficacious treatment for early stuttering, but little is currently known about its mechanisms of action. The present report explores the possibility that inter-turn speaker latency might be associated with such mechanisms of action. Inter-turn speaker latency was measured in audio recordings of children, parents, and clinicians conversing, taken during Lidcombe Program treatment consultations. Five clinicians reduced their inter-turn speaker latencies during clinical consultations when they were speaking to children, in comparison with when they were speaking to parents. It is possible that inter-turn speaker latency is associated with the Lidcombe Program treatment process vicariously, and this possibility requires further research.
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