Effect of Stuttering Modification Technique on Social Emotional Functioning and Communication Skills in Stutterers

OBJECTIVE: To look into how the stuttering modification technique affects a person's ability to communicate and their social-emotional functioning.METHODOLOGY: This quasi-experimental study was conducted at Sehat Medical Complex Hospital from January to July 2023.Data were gathered from patients who had been experiencing stuttering.A nonprobability convenient sampling strategy was selected for this study; data was collected from 30 individuals with moderate to severe stutters at Sehat Medical Complex Hospital.Individuals without comorbid speech impairments or psychological/neurodevelopmental disorders between the ages of 6 and 18 were included, regardless of gender.The CALMS rating scale was used to assess the cognitive, affective, linguistic, motor, and social components of stuttering, while the Stuttering severity instrument SSI 4 was utilized to determine the severity level.RESULTS: According to the results of this study, the paired t-test was used for the pre and post-reading analysis.The results indicate significant t-values ranging from 11.584 to 22.954 and a p-value of 0.000, which suggests a substantial impact of stuttering modification techniques on cognitive, affective, linguistic, motor, social, and overall severity.CONCLUSION: The result stated that significant improvements in cognitive, affective, linguistic, motor, social, and overall severity were observed in 30 individuals with moderate to severe stuttering to mild to moderate severity who used stuttering modification approaches.The results bolster the effectiveness of this therapy, which prioritizes desensitization and modification techniques in improving stutterers' social-emotional health and communicative abilities.