The Stuttering Severity Instrument–Fourth Edition (SSI-4) measures stuttering severity in children and adults at the conversation level.
Ages: 2.10 years and up Year: 2009 Testing Time: 15 to 20 minutes Administration: Individuals
The fourth edition of the SSI is the only standardized stuttering assessment available. Newly updated and normed, this test measures stuttering severity in both children and adults in the four areas of speech behavior:
1) frequency 2) duration 3) physical concomitants 4) naturalness of the individual's speech
Frequency is expressed in percent syllables stuttered and converted to scale scores of 2-18. Duration is timed to the nearest one tenth of a second and converted to scale scores of 2-18. The four types of Physical Concomitants are and converted to scale scores of 0-20. The SSI-4 can also be used in conjunction with the Stuttering Prediction Instruments for Young Children (SPI).
SSI-4 was normed on a sample of 72 preschool-aged children, 139 school-aged children, and 60 adults. It has three components, each of which is used to assess and monitor the stuttering severity in both children and adults for clinical and research use: (1) Examiner's Manual and Picture Plates, (2) Test Record and Frequency Computation Forms, and (3) Subjective Stuttering Scales.