Regulated Breathing as a Treatment for Stuttering: A Review of the Empirical Evidence

Regulated Breathing (RB) is a behavioral treatment for stuttering designed to address airflow irregularities by teaching breathing patterns that are incompatible with stuttering. The current paper describes the RB procedure and reviews published literature to examine the empirical support for the efficacy of RB. Existing data indicate that RB is an effective treatment for stuttering and could be considered a “probably efficacious” treatment according to the criteria described by Chambless and Ollendick (2001). Limitations of the present literature are discussed, as well as suggestions and possible directions for future research.