(The University of Oregon, 1970-09) KEANE, VINCENT EUGENE
Among the many connotations that the term "disfluent speech behavior" may evoke, stuttering is probably one of the first to come to mind, even though the two terms are not necessarily synonymous. In spite of the fact that stuttering has, in all likelihood, been one of the most thoroughly researched speech disorders, the problem
still retains much of its enigmatic character. The precise etiology of stuttering, if indeed there is only one, is still unknown and an effective therapeutic approach in all cases remains elusive, yet the literature on the subject is voluminous. Nevertheless, some generally accepted facts concerning the basic nature and lawful pattern of the disorder do exist and some information about the person who stutters has been empirically determined.
