Fluency and Fluency Disorders

Question 1

Disfluency

Answer 1

Disruption in the flow of speech (can be normal or abnormal)

Question 2

Fluency Disorder

Answer 2

Abnormal disfluencies (e.g., stuttering or cluttering)

Question 3

Normal Disfluencies

Answer 3

Whole Word
Whole Phrase
Interjections

Question 4

Whole Word

Answer 4

“My, my ball went under the couch”

Question 5

Whole Phrase

Answer 5

“I want, I want some ice cream”

Question 6

Interjections

Answer 6

“er, uhm, uh”

Question 7

Atypical Disfluencies

Answer 7

Sound Prolongations
Unfilled pause/block
Part word/syllable repetitions
Incomplete/broken phrases; frequent interjections

Question 8

Sound Prolongations

Answer 8

“Sssssssally took my ball”

Question 9

Unfilled Pause/Block

Answer 9

“I want (block) ice cream”

Question 10

Part word/syllable repetition

Answer 10

“My i-i-i-ice cream”

Question 11

Stuttering

Answer 11

A disruption in the forward flow of speech, can take any forms and be accompanied by

1. Physical tension and secondary behaviors
2. Negative thoughts/emotions
3. Decreased communication skills
4. Involuntary breakdowns affects all communication

Question 12

Cluttering

Answer 12

Fluency disorder; irregular speaking rate, excessive normal disfluencies, and excessive repetitions; may result in

1. Decreased speech intelligibility
2. May occur with and without stuttering
3. Co-occurs with language and articulation disorders; attention problems and other disorders

Question 13

Types of Stuttering

Answer 13

1. Childhood Onset Stuttering
2. Psychogenic Stuttering
3. Neurogenic Stutterng

Question 14

Stuttering Etiology

Answer 14

Unknown causes