Computerised Severity Scale for Stuttering

Abstract

Attempts have been made to objectively rate severity of stuttering using different procedures. The present study was conducted to provide an objective measurement of severity of stuttering using a computer. This study consisted of fifteen stutterers and fifteen nonstutteres matched for age, sex and language background. Each subject read first paragraph of "Rainbow passage". The reading samples were recorded on a 'Philips' deck recorder. The reading samples were used for analysis. The analysis was carried out using a computer to find out the number of stuttering moments, duration of stuttering moments and rate of speech.