Identifying & Counting Stuttering Moments

Question 1

Speech Sample

Answer 1

-context matters
-content matters (reading sample at grade level? emotional or benign convo?)
-video is preferred
-representative (stuttering varies)
-length:
MINIMUM 300 syllables of conversational speech
MINIMUM 200 syllables of reading aloud

Question 2

Assessing Frequency

Answer 2

Highly correlated w/ overall severity of stuttering

• SNAPSHOTof tx progress
• Measured as % syllables stuttered (%SS)
• syllables more easily counted, can capture if it occurs on more than 1 syllable

Question 3

Behaviours to counts as stutters (5)

Answer 3

1. part-word repetitions
2. monosyllabic whole-word repetitions (if 3rd production or greater)
3. sound prolongations
4. blockages of sound or airflow
5. unequivocal sound or word avoidances

Question 4

Counting Disfluencies

Answer 4

%SS = total stutters/total syllables

• Each syllable can only be stuttered once
• If client has obvious avoidance behaviour w/out stutter, count as stutter

Question 5

Stutter-Like vs. Normal Disfluencies

Answer 5

Stutter-like: part-word and single syllable whole-word repetitions, tense pauses, dysrhythmic phonations
Normal: multisyllable word repetitions, phrase repetitions, interjections, revisions
RULES:
-If child has >50% stutter-like disfluencies, more likely to be stuttering
-If >3 stutter-link disfluencies per 100 words, likely stutter