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Determining the effect of laser acupuncture in treating stutterers in comparison with speech therapy
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BACKGROUND: Investigation of strategies and methods of therapy in stutterers regarding to its characteristics, length of treatment, and relapse of stuttering is very important. Acupuncture has been introduced as a therapeutic method for the treatment of stuttering. The aim of the present research was the identification of the results of intervention of laser acupuncture in comparison with speech therapy in stutterers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This clinical - trial and case control research was conducted on 20 stutterers and 20 non-stutterers. In the present study, speech therapy and laser acupuncture were used on 10 persons who had developmental stuttering from childhood. RESULTS: The results were compared with the data of speech therapy and placebo laser in 10 control subjects. All of the subjects were followed up for 12 weeks after the intervention. The obtained data showed that accompanying of speech therapy with laser acupuncture resulted the increasing of maintenance and therapeutic effects of stuttering treatment and decreasing of relapsing. The speech rate and percent of stuttered words before and after the intervention in both groups (A and B) were decreased. Following the results after 12 weeks showed that the results were stable in laser group more than the other group and there was a significant difference between the two groups. CONCLUSION: The results of the present study showed that using of laser acupuncture therapy accompanying by speech therapy has many effects on the treatment of stuttering and prevents the relapsing of stuttering that is very common.
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- Shafiei, B., Heshmatipour, M., Tavakol, S., Saghaei, M., & Ghayumi, Z.
- Affiliations
- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Corresponding author
- Shafiei, Bijan
- Venue
- Advanced Biomedical Research
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 8
- ISSN
- 2277-9175 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4300594
- OpenAlex
- W2028704948
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- 5
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- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
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- 1.18
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Advanced Biomedical Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
- Keywords
- laser acupuncture, stuttering, speech therapy, developmental stuttering, childhood stuttering, speech rate, combination therapy
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