This involves creating a hierarchy of situations starting with those that pose little difficulty and progressively moving to those situations that produce a great amount of anxiety. An example of systematic desensitization may be as follows. This is because pleasurable stimuli are incompatible with anxiety and both cannot be experienced simultaneously. Near normal rate - 160 to 200 syllables per minute 3. Blocks are not observed.
Speech improves with augmented auditory feedback.
Word finding difficulties Lack of awareness of speech and language disability. Therapy aims at improving auditory monitoring skills. Nurogenic Stuttering - Etiology Neurogenic stuttering is due to an impairment of the central nervous system and may occur at any age. Penetrating head wounds Closed head injuries Tumors Degenerative diseases. There is no consistent adaptation effect.