Chapter 10 Flashcards
true or false: most young children go through a period of normal disfluency in which as much as 20% of their speech may be disfluent
false - 5% disfluent speech
true or false: the majority of cases of stuttering in children are resolved either spontaneously or through treatment
true
Definition of fluent speech
speech that is smooth, effortless, and automatic moves along at an appropriate rate with an easy rhythm
Definition of disfluency
the speech behavior that disrupts the fluent forward flow of speech, such as pauses, interjections, and revisions
true or false: normal disfluencies detract from the communication between two people
false: they do NOT detract
Definition of disfluency disorder
speech with an unusually high rate of stoppages that disrupt the flow of communication and are inappropriate for the speaker’s age, culture, and linguistic background, including dialect
____ disfluencies are the core features of a ____ disorder
speech; fluency
three predominate features of disfluencies
repetitions, prolongations, and blocks
five secondary features of disfluencies
eye blinks
lip tremors
head jerks
pauses, fillers, and word changes
negative feelings and attitudes
why does a person with a fluency disorder develop secondary features?
to avoid and escape moments of disfluency
Definition of Stuttering
stops, starts and hesitations in speech
Incident rate of fluency disorders
about 1 in 100 persons
prevalence rate of fluency disorders
about 5 in 100 persons
what age range do fluency disorders affect children?
most between 2 and 10 years of age
compare: incident rate of fluency disorders of children vs adolescents and adults
about 1.5% for children under 10
about .5% to .7% for adolescents and adults
true or false: females are affected at a higher rate than males
false: about three or four boys to every one girl affected
Definition of Developmental stuttering
when stuttering emerges in early childhood, typically when children are between 2 and 5 years of age
What percentage of children who exhibit developmental stuttering will continue to have a fluency disorder 4 years following its onset?
25%; other 75% of children will resolve their stuttering within 4 years either spontaneously or as a result of treatment
five characteristics of developmental stuttering
part-word repetitions
single-syllable-word repetitions
sound prolongations
blocks
broken words
true or false: other types of disfluencies in the speech of young children are considered to be quite normal
true
three normal disfluencies
revisions
interjections
multisyllabic word and phrase repetitions
true or false: the core symptoms of stuttering usually fade over time
false: symptoms become more severe
List Peters and Guitar’s Five-Level Classification System
Normal disfluency
boarderline stuttering
beginning stuttering
intermediate stuttering
advanced stuttering
what age range is normal disfluency most prevalent?
18 months and 6 years
Characteristics of borderline stuttering
produce more disfluencies than do those who are normally disfluent
produce a higher rate of certain types of disfluencies: part-word repetitions, word repetitions, and phrase repetitions
show some sound prolongations
show little tension toward their own disfluencies