In future case studies, what issues could be addressed?
Additional case studies are needed to document and compare the final dysfluencies of neurogenic stutterers, developmental stutterers, patients with Tourette s syndrome, and palilalic patients. Because have very little information about treatment of word-final dysfluencies, treatment studies and reports could be valuable. To improve documentation and comparison, detailed communication sample analysis is needed. In some cases, linguistic analysis as well as fluency analysis may be needed to shed light on the patterns observed. Better documentation of subjects awareness of their own dysfluencies is needed. To illustrate the value of in-depth comparison, Table 3 compares the dysfluencies produced by T. (Van Borsel et al., 1996), and B.B. (Humphrey, 1997; 1997, May). Rank orders of occurrence were derived from percentages of dysfluency for each dysfluency type. For both patients, word-final dysfluencies predominated in monologue. Table 3.
