Exam 2 Flashcards
What are 3 contributions to disfluency?
Prolongation, repetition, hesitation
Effortless flow of speech
Fluency
An abnormally high frequency or duration of stoppages in the forward flow of speech.
Stutter
What are 3 types of stuttering?
Prolongations, blocks, repetition
Stuttering that includes mostly frequently produced for more than 2 times
Repetition
Stuttering that includes airflow continuing, movement stops as short as .5 seconds
Prolongations
Stuttering that includes everything stops, tremors, tenseness; pause before producing a phoneme
Blocks
What are some secondary behaviors of disfluencies?
Escape, avoidance
Speaker attempts to terminate the stutter & finish the word
Escape
Behavior done when speaker anticipates a stuttering episode
Avoidance
What are some examples of avoidance?
Head nods, eye blinking, saying “uh”
True or false: there is a genetic source of stuttering when passed from parent to child
True
What are some feelings and attitudes a patient with disfluencies may experience?
Embarrassment, shame, frustration
When is the onset of stuttering?
2 word utterances and puberty (18 months-12 years)
What is the incidence of stuttering?
5-15%