ABSTRACT

Topics are presented that were either not covered earlier in the book, or that were addressed from a different perspective. These include whether arrogance increases with acceptance, forgivable avoidance, covert stuttering, cultural considerations, possible advantages of stuttering when dating, handling job interviews, the importance of motivation to the acceptance process, personality factors impacting the journey toward effective communication, public speaking advice, benefits of self-disclosure, having a sense of humor about stuttering, speaking at work, impacts of disfluency and treatment on speech naturalness, spontaneous recovery in adulthood, and the promising research areas of auditory feedback, biofeedback, and pharmacological agents.