Stuttering

Question 1

Which is the most common type of fluency disorder?

Answer 1

Childhood-onset (developmental) stuttering

Question 2

Examples of secondary stuttering behaviors are

Answer 2

Are adjustments in word choice, changes in speech, and changes in motoric behaviors

Question 3

Which of the following situations is a person who stutters more likely to have disfluencies in their speech?
Speaking to a young child
Speaking to a friend
Speaking on the telephone
Singing in a choir

Answer 3

Speaking on the telephone

Question 4

A student with an abnormally rapid and irregular rate of speech and abnormal prosody likely has what diagnoses?

Answer 4

cluttering

Question 5

Childhood onset (developmental) stuttering is most likely to begin during which age range?

Answer 5

ages 2-6 years

Question 6

Circumlocutions (talking around a troublesome word) for a person who stutters is considered to be what?

Answer 6

a secondary behavior

Question 7

Saying “I want want want to eat a cookie” is an example of which of the following?

Answer 7

word repetition

Question 8

Which type of stuttering occurs around middle school and also sees the child beginning to use methods of avoidance

Answer 8

intermediate stuttering

Question 9

When determining whether or not a preschool child is likely to persist in stuttering, it is most important to consider all of the following except:

Answer 9

Peer attitudes regarding the fluency disorder

Question 10

When determining appropriate treatment for fluency disorders, which clinical variables should be considered?

Answer 10

Severity of the fluency disorder and preferences or expectations of the client and/or family

Question 11

Which guides the primary decision about appropriate treatment for a fluency disorder?

Answer 11

age and stuttering stage of the client

Question 12

Indirect treatment approaches for young children who stutter are likely to include which of the following?

Answer 12

Parent education

Question 13

Practicing one’s stuttering as a method to decrease fear would be considered what type of treatment approach?

Answer 13

voluntary stuttering

Question 14

What treatment method would be recommended in order to reduce hard glottal attack at speech onset?

Answer 14

Easy onset of phonation

Question 15

When working with a school-age child who has developed a fear of talking after being consistently mocked for stuttering by peers, which of the following would be an important part of therapy?

Answer 15

Helping the child learn to cope with teasing and bullying

Question 16

The world health organization considers stuttering a disability when

Answer 16

It creates limitations and restrictions on important aspects of a person’s life activities

Question 17

Stuttering often co-occurs in which of the following developmental conditions

Answer 17

Down syndrome

Question 18

When may neurogenic stuttering occur?

Answer 18

When a person has a traumatic brain injury

Question 19

Psychogenic stuttering

Answer 19

Develops in reaction to stressful or emotional situations

Question 20

What may a clinician do when implementing the lidcombe program with a young child?

Answer 20

Train the parent to reinforce fluent speech and respond to stuttering when it occurs