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Awareness, Knowledge, and Attitude of Primary School Teachers on
Students with Stuttering in Kerala

Ms. Aashli Paul and Mrs. Vini Abhijith Gupta, Assistant Professor

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the awareness, knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers on SWS and to compare the correlation among the objectives.

Method: A total of 40 schoolteachers who are currently working with primary school children were chosen randomly from Thrissur district of Kerala. The chosen participants were within the age range of 30 to 55. 18 closed end questions which was separated into 3 sections that focused on the teacher’s awareness and knowledge of stuttering, their attitude and viewpoint of how people interact to SWS were performed and analysed among the participants.

Result: The result was obtained based on the analysis of the questionnaire responded by the participants. The average response rate for inquiries about teacher’s awareness was 72.8%. A score of 73.67% on knowledge and a score of 68.01% on attitude was obtained respectively on stuttering.

Conclusion: Based on the findings of the current study it can be inferred that primary school teachers had approximately moderate level of awareness, knowledge and positive attitude on stuttering in school going children.

Introduction

Stuttering is a disorder in which the rhythm or fluency of speech is impaired by interruptions or blockages (Bloodstein,2007). It is a fluency disorder that affects the natural, forward flow of speech which is characterised by primary and secondary behaviours. Stuttering is a problem with the timing of speech. People who stutter have difficulty moving from one sound to the next in a word or have difficulty getting sound started after it has stopped. Van Riper (1982) defined stuttering as "when the forward flow of speech is interrupted by a motorically disrupted sound, syllable, word, or by the speaker's reaction.

Stuttering that has its onset in childhood is then sometimes called ‘developmental stuttering’. Early childhood stuttering is common, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Developmental stuttering is a stage that occurs in about 5% of children between the ages of 2 and 4 years old. This happens as kids acquire a lot of language and sort through different word pronunciations. While roughly 75% of children with developmental stuttering recover from it within the first year, others may require further therapy as they get older.

According to a national survey on the incidence and prevalence of various impairments for the year 2002, 387 people per 100,000 people (or around 0.4 percent) in the urban sector were reported to stutter nationwide (Government of India, 2003). According to an epidemiological study (Srinath, Girimaji, Gururaj and Seshadri, 2005) that included stuttering in a survey of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders, the prevalence of stuttering in Bangalore (Karnataka state, southern India) was 1.5 percent in the 4 to 16 age group across urban middle-class areas, urban slum areas, and rural areas. As result, there is documented evidence that stuttering exists in India, albeit at a stated prevalence that is lower than what may be predicted based on the results of western research.

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Ms. Aashli Paul
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Mrs. Vini Abhijith Gupta, Assistant Professor
Dr. M V Shetty College of Speech and Hearing
Mangalore- 575015
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