The following pages contain the record of an investigation
into the problem of stuttering which has formed
part of a co- operative attack upon the disorder by various
agencies - psychological, medical and educational - in
the city of Edinburgh. The practical work of the research
has been carried out in the University Psychological Clinic
and in the George Combe Psychological Laboratory in the
University of Edinburgh.The arrangement of the material is as follows: Part
I contains a critical discussion of the principal theoretical
conceptions of the disorder which have been put forward;
Part II covers the analysis of the data from the clinical
examination; while Part III is a record of the results of
the experimental investigation. The clinical notes upon
the seventy-eight cases which constituted the main group of
our subjects are collected separately in Part IV. In the
discussion reference is made to illustrative material in
the case-histories simply by citing the number of the case
in question
