covert stuttering

Noun

 * 1)  A manner of speaking in which a person who stutters is careful to avoid words, sounds, and other stimuli which trigger instances of stuttering.
 * 2) * 2011, Jill E. Douglas, An Investigation of the Transition Process from Covert Stuttering to Overt Stuttering: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Individuals Who Stutter, PhD dissertation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, p. 16:
 * Though this form of stuttering is a well-recognized clinical phenomenon, research on the topic of covert stuttering is insignificant (Boodstein and Berstein Ratner, 2008).
 * 1) * 2011, Jill E. Douglas, An Investigation of the Transition Process from Covert Stuttering to Overt Stuttering: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Individuals Who Stutter, PhD dissertation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, p. 16:
 * Though this form of stuttering is a well-recognized clinical phenomenon, research on the topic of covert stuttering is insignificant (Boodstein and Berstein Ratner, 2008).
 * Though this form of stuttering is a well-recognized clinical phenomenon, research on the topic of covert stuttering is insignificant (Boodstein and Berstein Ratner, 2008).