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Balbuties from an adult perspective with a focus on the psychological impact
Vlasáková, Jana ; Kucharská, Anna (advisor) ; Švamberk Šauerová, Markéta (referee)
The topic of the thesis Stuttering from the perspective of adults with a focus on the psychological impact was chosen based on the experience of the author, who also knew other people struggling with this speech disorder. The thesis consists of four chapters. The first three chapters are theoretical and the fourth chapter is empirical. The first chapter describes the theoretical background, which includes defining the concepts of communication, speech and language, speech development, communication ability and impaired speech fluency. The second chapter deals with stuttering (balbuties), its origins, its causes, communication a person with stuttering, their emotions and experiences, with which psychological tension and anxiety are related. The third chapter focuses on the psychological aspects of the life experience of stuttering, presenting a core part of the theory of the present thesis. Attention is paid to family, education, employment, social interaction, methods of therapy for stuttering - speech therapy, self-confidence and self-concept. The fourth chapter presents the actual research. It is a qualitative research, semi-structured interview. The aim of the research, methods of data collection, characteristics of the research population and the research situation are presented. The main part...

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