Exam 2 Part 4 Flashcards
What 3 things make up the cause of stuttering?
Heredity, environment, chance
____ who stutter more likely to have relatives who stutter than _____ who stutter
Females, males
Are males or females more likely to stutter?
Males
True or false: there is a higher concordance (one who stutters and one who doesn’t) of stuttering in identical twins
True
True or false: Speech and language disorders are not common in people who stutter
False; common
What can inhibit the recovery of children who stutter?
Presence of speech and language disorders
What is the main etiology of adults who stutter?
After TBI
What can increase a person’s disfluencies?
Higher arousal and anxiety
True or false: Higher percentage of adopted stutterers relatives stuttered than expected
True
What age is the majority of children who stutter?
2-5 years
More people who stutter appear to use their ____ hemisphere rather than ____ hemisphere for language processing
Right, left
Differences in brain laterality & processing can be result of different: (3)
organization of speech, language, & auditory function in the brains of PWS
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
Right
True or false: PWS are vulnerable to emotional interference because the right hemisphere is specialized for emotional processing
True