Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ's Speech Pathology Service is seeking participants for a research program for adults who stutter.
Participants will attend an intensive stuttering group program at Robina Hospital in two phases, from 29 June-1 July and 11-12 July.
Lead researcher Marie Edwards-Giller said volunteers should be 18 or over who had a chronic childhood stutter, are not maintaining stutter-free speech as an adult and have not previously received Smooth Speech treatment.
The study will investigate the effectiveness of an intensive Smooth Speech group program delivered in a distributed model using student therapists.
The group will be run by Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Speech Pathologists together with Associate Professor Elizabeth Cardell and speech pathology students from Griffith University.
The program offers participants:
- Pre-therapy assessment
- Three day “instatement phase” intensive Smooth Speech therapy program
- Two day “transfer phase”
- One-on-one and group treatment sessions each day of the program
- One-on-one follow-up maintenance sessions post-program as required
- No cost for patients eligible for Medicare
For more information contact Marie Edwards-Giller on 5668 6985 or 0403 608 359 or email [email protected]