Exam 3 Flashcards
What does the SLP always ask in an evaluation?
Is the behavior normal, does the behavior disrupt functional communication, do we need intervention
What type of repetition is more severe?
Arrhythmic
Stuttering with a gradual onset during childhood; presents as a dysfluency in the time, patterning, rhythm of speech
Developmental stuttering
Stuttering that is typically the result of nerve or TBI
Neurogenic
Stuttering that begins suddenly after emotional trauma or stress
Psychogenic
Repetitive disfluencies
Clonic disfluent behavior
Disfluencies with tension, prolongations, and blockages
Tonic disfluent behavior
Repeating the sound or few sounds of a word
Sound or syllable repetition
Saying a word more than 1 time
Whole word repetition
Saying more than 1 word more than 1 time
Multiple word repetition
Adding extra sounds in the middle of your sentences
Insertion
Some sort of pause before the next word
Unfilled pause
Word is taken apart; block or pause between words
Broken word
What is the evaluation process for fluency disorders?
Background information, observation, standardized testing, spontaneous language/fluency samples, oral motor exam, diagnosis, reporting