Kully, Deborah. Langevin, Marilyn. "Evidence-Based Practice in Fluency Disorders." ASHA. ASHA. 18 Oct. 2005.
Throughout the article, authors Kully and Langevin stress the importance of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). EBP's purpose is to provide ethical means of practicing among other factors. This type of practice is meant to provide the most effective treatment for patients, cost effective solutions, and more information on a particular disorder. EBP is strongly focused on the patient to provide the tools to produce the best desired outcome. Not only is it beneficial to the patient, but it provides more knowledge for practicing in the future as a clinician. Since evidence-based treatment needs to be tested before it is performed, many experiments need to prove its effectiveness. However, it is difficult to find successful treatments options for fluency disorders because it is so controversial. Fluency disorders, such as stuttering, are very opinionated and often not agreeable among clinicians. Even though EBP has had a slow start in speech pathology, it is seen as the leading means of research in the field.
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