Exam 2 Part 4 Flashcards

1
Q

What 3 things make up the cause of stuttering?

A

Heredity, environment, chance

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2
Q

____ who stutter more likely to have relatives who stutter than _____ who stutter

A

Females, males

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3
Q

Are males or females more likely to stutter?

A

Males

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4
Q

True or false: there is a higher concordance (one who stutters and one who doesn’t) of stuttering in identical twins

A

True

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5
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True or false: Speech and language disorders are not common in people who stutter

A

False; common

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6
Q

What can inhibit the recovery of children who stutter?

A

Presence of speech and language disorders

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7
Q

What is the main etiology of adults who stutter?

A

After TBI

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8
Q

What can increase a person’s disfluencies?

A

Higher arousal and anxiety

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9
Q

True or false: Higher percentage of adopted stutterers relatives stuttered than expected

A

True

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10
Q

What age is the majority of children who stutter?

A

2-5 years

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11
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More people who stutter appear to use their ____ hemisphere rather than ____ hemisphere for language processing

A

Right, left

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12
Q

Differences in brain laterality & processing can be result of different: (3)

A

organization of speech, language, & auditory function in the brains of PWS

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13
Q

Stuttering results from inappropriate localization of some speech and language functions to the ____ hemisphere; inability to produce the rapid, precise, timing patterns necessary to produce speech

A

Right

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14
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True or false: PWS are vulnerable to emotional interference because the right hemisphere is specialized for emotional processing

A

True

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