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Stuttering Assessment: The Complete SLP Protocol by Age (%SS, the Iceberg, Impact)
A complete stuttering assessment protocol by age (preschool → adult): %SS across three speaking conditions, Sheehan's iceberg, impact scales, avoidance hierarchy — with a worked case, report language you can reuse, and an interactive iceberg.
Hypophonia and Hypokinetic Dysarthria: Assessing Parkinson's Speech (MPT, DDK, GRBAS)
Hypophonia affects most people with Parkinson's — and the person cannot hear it. How to quantify it in a speech evaluation: maximum phonation time, diadochokinesis, the GRBAS scale, voice impact — with a worked case and report language.
Palilalia: Definition, Causes, and Treatment
Palilalia is the involuntary repetition of your own words or syllables, often faster and quieter each time. Definition, causes (Parkinson's and more), palilalia vs echolalia vs stuttering, and the rate-control exercises that actually help.
Echodysphemia and Word-Final Disfluencies: When Children Repeat the Ends of Words
Word-final disfluencies (repeating the ends of words, like "agitation-tion") are common in autistic children, often go unnoticed, and are frequently mistaken for stuttering. What they are, why they matter for diagnosis, and how clinicians manage them.
Living With Palilalia: When You Repeat Your Own Words
If you or someone you love repeats their own words involuntarily, often faster and quieter each time, this practical guide explains what is happening, why it happens, and the day-to-day strategies that actually help.
My Child Repeats the Ends of Words: A Parent's Guide to Echodysphemia
Your child repeats the ends of some words ("a cat-cat", "agitation-tion") without noticing? It has a name: echodysphemia, or word-final disfluency. What it is, why it is usually harmless and temporary, when to see an SLP, and what not to do.
Fluency Shaping Techniques: The Practical SLP Guide
Prolonged speech, easy onsets, continuous phonation, rate control: the core fluency shaping techniques, how to dose them, how to fade the 'robot voice' — and how to make home practice actually happen between sessions.
Stuttering Modification: Van Riper's Stages and Strategies, Explained
MIDVAS, cancellation, pull-out, preparatory set: a practical walkthrough of Van Riper's stuttering modification therapy — what each stage looks like in session, common errors, and how to run the transfer phase with real data.
Fluency Shaping vs Stuttering Modification: How to Choose (and Blend)
Two philosophies, one caseload: what the evidence says about fluency shaping and stuttering modification, when each fits, how integrated approaches combine them — with a decision table you can use tomorrow.
Diadochokinetic Rate (DDK): Norms, Procedure, and Interpretation
The pataka test done right: AMR and SMR procedure, adult and child norms in syllables per second, interpretation profiles for dysarthria, apraxia and cluttering — plus how to stop counting syllables with a stopwatch.
Cluttering Therapy: Activities and a Treatment Plan That Sticks
A session-ready cluttering treatment plan: rate biofeedback, over-articulation, pausing, discourse structuring — with dosing, a 6-week progression, and the home practice loop that makes gains survive outside the therapy room.
How to Assess Cluttering: SLP Evaluation Protocol
A repeatable, step-by-step cluttering assessment protocol for SLPs: speech rate, disfluencies, the PCI, and differential diagnosis.
What Is Cluttering? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Cluttering is a fluency disorder of rapid, irregular speech that often goes unnoticed because the speaker cannot hear their own rate. Here is what SLPs need to know.
Cluttering vs Stuttering: How to Tell Them Apart
Cluttering and stuttering look alike but differ in awareness, rate, and disfluency type. A clear differential guide for SLPs and clients.
Speech Rate Norms: How Fast Is Normal? (SPS & WPM)
What is a normal speech rate? A clinical reference on speaking vs articulation rate, in syllables per second and words per minute, for SLPs.
The Best Speech Therapy App for Cluttering (2026 Guide)
Looking for a speech therapy app for cluttering and fast speech? A 2026 SLP buyer's guide to rate biofeedback, what to look for, and how Talk Slower compares.
How to Talk Slower: 7 Ways to Stop Talking Too Fast
If people often ask you to repeat yourself, you can learn to talk slower. Here are 7 practical techniques to stop talking too fast, starting today.
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