CSD-final Flashcards
incidence
New people identified
2-6 year range
Higher in preschool
Prevalence
Living with stutters
Cut off at 3 years
People recover
Persistent stuttering
Boys at higher risk
Start to stutter at 3.5 years
Typical disfluencies
Whole word repetitions
Interjections (umms)
Syllable repetition
what do stuttering like disfluencies do?
Affect rate and rhythm
Physical tension
Negative reactions
Avoidance of sounds
what are core behaviors?
Single syllables/ sound (b-b-b)
Whole word- but,but,but
Sound prolongations (ffffffine)
Blocks- can’t initiate sounds
Secondary Behaviors
Coughing
Tension, eye blinking
Escape- to stop stuttering
Avoid sounds or words that trigger stutter
2-3 AGE
Beginning
Sound and syllable repetition
Starts at beginning of sentences and phrases
6-13
Fear and avoidance appear
Stuttering to specific situations
Blocks more common
4-6
Stutter through entire sentence
Secondary behavior appear
Blocks appear
14+
Fearful anticipation of stuttering
Longer, tense blocks
Repetimos occur more rapidly
Psychogenetic theories
Debunked
Caused by psychological trauma
Neurotic symptoms
Learning theory
Learned response to condition external to individual
Diagnostic theory
Forcing orphans to stutter
Parents negative reaction to stuttering of child making them stutter more
Biological theories
Gray and white matter- larger corpus callosum
Atypical hemisphere asymmetry- larger Broca’s area in right hemisphere
Speech motor control- problem with speech motor planning
Dysphonia
Voice disorder
Aphonia
No voice
Diagnosis of voice disorders
Listening to voice
Examination of vocal cords
Measurements of voice parameters
Phonotrauma
Organic voice disorders
Overuse or misuse of voice
Abusive behaviors
Caffeine, alcohol, smoking
Yelling,
Vocal Nodules
Small, bilateral growth on inner edges of vocal cords
In pairs
Small mass-> develop into callous like texture
Cause breathiness
Vocal Polyps
Fluid filled lesions that develop when blood vessels rupture and swell
One side
Cause diplophonia- 2 pitches
Contact Ulcers
Swelling on the back of the vocal cords
Granuloma
Associated with acid reflex
Mass of tissue that grows over the top of ulcer when it starts to heal
Muscle tension dysphonia
Tension of muscles in the neck/ head area
Found more in females than males
Strain voice
Puberphonia
Male who exhibits unusual high voice
Juvenile VD- women with child like voice
Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis
Only on one side
Injury to one side of larynx due to trauma
Vocal cord becomes shorten when paralyzed
Won’t make contact with other side
Weak and breathy voice quality
Vocal cord vibrates
Spasmodic Dysphonia
Rare
Irregular voice spasms