Attention Training in rehabilitation of children with developmental stuttering

Issue title: TBI and Aging

Guest editors: Wayne A. Gordon

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Nejati, Vahid^{; *} | Pouretemad, Hamid Reza | Bahrami, Hajar

Affiliations: Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Vahid Nejati, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran. Fax: +98 2188246612; E-mail: nejati@sbu.ac.ir

Abstract: Background:Attention and executive function play an important role in fluent speaking. The aim of the present study is to evaluate effect of attention training in rehabilitation of stuttering. Method:In this random clinical trial 30 children with developmental stuttering participate in a random allocation sampling in case or control group. In case group, we trained patient with NEurocognitive Joyful Attentive Training Intervention (NEJATI) in 12 sessions. Riley Stuttering severity instrument-3 (SSI-3), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), and Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT) are used for evaluation of executive function before and after intervention. Dependent T-Test was used for analysis. Results:Comparing case group before and after intervention showed a significant enhancement in executive function and reduced stuttering severity. Conclusion:Attention training propose as a non lingual method of language and speech rehabilitation in developmental stuttering.

Keywords: NEurocognitive Joyful Attentive Training Intervention (NEJATI), cognitive rehabilitation, developmental stuttering

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130847

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 297-303, 2013