Chapter 1 Flashcards
Define stuttering according to societal terms
May refer to any moments when the flow of speech is disrupted
SLPs or those who experience genuine moments of stuttering may not apply the term so loosely. True or false
True
All types of speech disruptions stuttering or otherwise
Disfluency
How might an SLP define stuttering?
Observed instances of sensorimotor disruptions in the flow of speech that are distinctly different from the hesitations and minor disfluencies commonly found in people’s chatter
Apparent momentary loss of capacity to control or to regulate speech actions for moving forward with subsequent sounds or syllables
Sensorimotor disruption
A statement of the exact meaning of a word or a concept, or the essential qualities or features of a phenomenon or an object
Definition
Why have the definitions of stuttering varied so much?
- Depending on areas of expertise, interests, and needs of the definers.
- Influenced by dimensions of stuttering, typical age of onset, patterns of development, suspected etiology, and more
In reference to the surface. Such as interruptions to the flow of speech
Disordered speech
In reference to other important aspects. Such as physiological tensions, emotional reactions, cognition, and social facets
Complex disorder
___ occurs when the “ forward flow of speech is interrupted by a motorically disrupted sound, syllable, or word or the speakers reaction thereto.”
Stuttering
Dimensions of normal speech fluency include:
Rate
Continuity
Tension effort
Appropriate speech timing
Rate
Smooth connections
Continuity
Appropriate force
Tension effort
Order of physiological processes in speech production
Respiratory
Phonatory
Articulatory
Speech
Observable interruptions in on-going speech. Refers to all speech interruptions, normal or not. Occurs in everybody’s speech, not only present in those who stutter
Disfluency
Types of disfluency
Part- word repetition
Single syllable word repetition
Dysrhythmic phonation
Phase repetition
Multiple syllable word repetition
Revision
Interjection
Part- word repetition example
Bu- bu- but
Single syllable word repetition example
And- and- and