CH. 7 Fluency

Question 1

Fluency

Answer 1

Speech that is easy rhythmical and evenly flowing

Question 2

Disfluency

Answer 2

flow and ease of speech disrupted by repetitions, interjections, pauses and revisions

Question 3

Block

Answer 3

An inaudible sound prolongation where the mouth is in position for the sound for an extended period of time but no sound is coming out

Question 4

Stuttering

Answer 4

An unusual amount of tense, within-work disfluencies that interfere with the continuity of speech

Question 5

Cluttering

Answer 5

fluency disorder characterized by very rapid bursts of disrhythmic, unintelligible speech

Question 6

Primary stuttering behaviors

Answer 6

Repetitions, prolongations and blocks

Question 7

Secondary stuttering behaviors

Answer 7

Counterproductive adaptations that people who stutter make as they try to get through primary stuttering behaviors or to avoid them altogether.
Example:
Blink their eyes, open their jaws, purse their lips, change words, insert uh right before a word that they anticipate stuttering on, slap their arms, and even stamp the floor with their feet

Question 8

Prolongation

Answer 8

hold out or prolonging of a sound for an unusually long period of time

Question 9

Consistency

Answer 9

The percentage of stuttered words from the first to the second repeated reading of the same passage

Question 10

Adaptation

Answer 10

The percentage of decrease in stuttering when a passage is read multiple times in succession. The percentage of reduction is calculated for each repeated reading

Question 11

Stuttering modification

Answer 11

therapy approach in which the clinician teaches the client to alter the way he or she stutters

Question 12

Fluency shaping

Answer 12

therapy approach in which the clinician teaches the person who stutters a new way of talking, designed to reduce the likelihood of stuttering

Question 13

Cancellation

Answer 13

A speech modification technique in which individuals who stutter are taught to stop as soon as a stuttered word is completed, to pause, and to say the word again in an easy, relaxed manner

Question 14

Pull out

Answer 14

A therapy strategy for stuttering in which persons who stutter are taught to ease their way out of repetitions, prolongations, and blocks

Question 15

Preparatory set

Answer 15

A technique in therapy for stuttering in which persons who stutter ease their way into words they thought they would stutter on