Communication Disorders: Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder

Question 1

What is childhood onset fluency disorder (stuttering) categorized by?

Answer 1

Disturbance in normal fluency and time patterning of speech that is inappropriate for the person’s age and involves sound and syllable repetition, sound prolongations, broken words, word substitutions to avoid troublesome words and/or monosyllabic whole-word repetitions.

Question 2

Communication Disorders: Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder Course/Prognosis?

Answer 2

Usually begins between 2-7 years old and symptoms become worse when there is a special pressure to communicate. 65-85% of children recover, with severity of dysfluency at age 8 being a good predictor of prognosis

Question 3

Communication Disorders: Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder Differential Diagnosis

Answer 3

Normal speech dysfluencies that often occur in early childhood

Question 4

Communication Disorders: Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder Treatment

Answer 4

Reducing psychological stress at home, helping them cope with frustrations. For older children and adults: habit reversal training.

Stuttering: regulated breathing when stuttering is anticipated, to relax and then mentally formulating the words to be spoke, then speak as they exhale.