Chapter 10: Fluency Disorders

Question 1

Fluency disorder

Answer 1

longest documented comm. disorder
core behaviors
secondary behaviors
feelings and attitudes

Question 2

core behaviors

Answer 2

repetitions
prolongations
blocks
actual stutter

Question 3

secondary behavior

Answer 3

physical/motor behaviors
physical that accompanies stutter

Question 4

feelings and attitudes

Answer 4

development of negative feelings toward communication
people avoid speaking, social

Question 5

dysfluency

Answer 5

speech behavior disrupts fluent forward flow of speech

Question 6

etiology of fluency disorder

Answer 6

what is the cause?
developmental
acquired

Question 7

developmental

Answer 7

born with it
emerges between 2-5 yrs
developmental stuttering vs normal stuttering

Question 8

stuttering like dysfluencies

Answer 8

repetitions of single-syllable whole words, sounds or syllables (prolongation, blocks/tense pauses, broken words)

Question 9

acquired fluency disorders

Answer 9

something happened to cause it
anytime across lifespan

Question 10

normal dysfluencies

Answer 10

all speakers have episodes of disfluencies
toddlers exhibit repetition of sounds/syllables at beginning of sentences
use fillers

Question 11

characteristics of fluency disorder

Answer 11

early childhood
stuttering runs in families
more males than females
genetics
etc

Question 12

evaluation

Answer 12

case history
screenings
standardized testing

Question 13

treatment

Answer 13

counseling
fluent stuttering
fluency shaping
generalization and maintenance

Question 14

fluent stuttering

Answer 14

teaching them to stutter on purpose to show they can be in control of their speech

Question 15

fluency shaping

Answer 15

modifying airflow, slower rate of speech

Question 16

delayed auditory feedback

Answer 16

person mimics talking along to someone else hearing own voice
coral reading

Question 17

coral reading

Answer 17

people who tend to stutter tend to not stutter when reading with other people together

Question 18

cluttering

Answer 18

segments of conversation in speakers native language is perceived as too fast, irregular or both.
rate is faster than the speakers system can handle

Question 19

non stuttering like dysfluencies

Answer 19

repetitions of multi-syllabic words
phrases
revisions
interjections.fillers