Abstract
24 male stutterers ranging in age from 16 to 35 were judged for severity. These judgments agreed consistently with the stutterers'' estimates of severity in the situation but not with estimates of the severity of stuttering for the preceding several months. Study of the stutterers'' experiences in speaking for a test of attitudes toward situations requiring speech yields results consistent with the stutterers'' own estimates of severity. Reading six passages with .18 seconds side tone delay, there was a statistically significant negative relationship to the judges'' rating of severity.