| Purpose: Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) consistently rate fluency disorders as their most feared and least desired disorder to treat (Kelly et al., 1997; Maviş et al., 2013; Yaruss, 1999; Yaruss & Quesal, 2002). Often, this is attributed to lack of training and clinical experience. This pilot study examined SLPs’ knowledge, accuracy, training and experience with stuttering and cluttering as compared to more common phonological disorders.
Method: A 56-item questionnaire was presented diagnostic terms and stimuli videos to assess clinician’s knowledge, accuracy, training, and experience, with stuttering, cluttering, to comparative phonological disorders. Results: Correlational and factor analyses revealed moderate effect-sizes, between experience items with stuttering to sought knowledge, this wasn’t found for cluttering. No significant differences were revealed for accuracy.
Conclusion: Clinicians who have more experience with stuttering and cluttering were not significantly better at identifying characteristics or observed features for stuttering or cluttering.
Keywords: Stutter, Clutter, Fluency, Fluency Disorders |