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j oan McMahon Several. studies have been undertaken to detern1ine the incidence of recovery from stuttering; however, the results of these investiga-tions are not reliable due to methodological limitations. For the most pari, ex-post-facto recall judgments on the parts of adults or parents z of young chi~dren were relied upon in gathering data for the research. It would appear that a requisite factor in determining incidence of recovery from stuttering. should be the use of.a formal instrument which would quantify the auditory and visual aspects of speaking be~ havior to de~el'.'mine t~e presence or absence of stuttering. The · primary purpose of this study was to determine the incidence o: recovery from stuttering in a sample of children who had received treatment for stuttering and had subsequently been dismissed from. treatment. Also examined was whether or not significant difference