Other Fluency Disorders

Question 1

Cluttering

Answer 1

A disorder of speech and language formulation; speech is rapid, imprecise, dysrhythmic, and disorganized. People who clutter are often unaware of their cluttering.

Question 2

Differences between stuttering and cluttering

Answer 2

PWC tend to be late talkers, repeat whole phrases, are never very fluent, have poor articulation, prosody, reading, and writing, and their skills often improve with pressure.

PWS tend to be precocious talkers, have part word repetitions and blocks, have fluent episodes, typical artic usually, and typical reading and writing. PWS are also very aware of their stuttering

Question 3

Cluttering tends to improve with

Answer 3

Increased self-awareness; strategies incorporating articulation, pragmatics, and prosody

Question 4

Neurogenic suttering

Answer 4

Acquired in adulthood due to a CNS impairment

Question 5

Symptoms of neurogenic stuttering

Answer 5

Less variability in context; stuttering can happen anywhere in speech; less adaptation effect; less cognitive and emotional involvement

Question 6

Psychogenic stuttering

Answer 6

Secondary to psychological trauma

Question 7

Psychogenic stuttering symptoms

Answer 7

Sudden onset in adulthood; common to have dx of depression or other psychological dx; indifferent towards stutter; stuttering occurs even in fluency enhancing situations.