Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)

Question 1

Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering) is characterized by a disturbance in normal fluency and __________________ of speech inappropriate for a person’s age, and involves sound and syllable _________, sound prolongations, broken words, word ____________ to avoid troublesome words, and/or monosyllabic whole-word repetitions.

Answer 1

• Time patterning
• Repetitions
• Substitutions

Question 2

Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering) usually begins between the ages of ___ and ___.

Answer 2

2 and 7.

Question 3

Symptoms of Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering) tend to worsen when there is:

Answer 3

Special pressure to communicate (e.g., giving speeches).

Question 4

About ___ to ___% of children with Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering) recover, with the severity of dysfluency at age ___ being a good predictor of prognosis.

Answer 4

• 65-85%
• 8

Question 5

Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering) may be alleviated (especially in young children) by reducing ___________________ at home.

Answer 5

Psychological stress.

Question 6

For older children and adults, ___________________ has proven effective. It was originally designed for nervous habits/motor tics, and incorporates awareness, relaxation, motivation, competing response, and generalization training. For stuttering, the competing response is _____________.

Answer 6

• Habit reversal training
• Regulated breathing