Stuttering Flashcards
What are some of the characteristics that come from stuttering
fear shame guilt anxiety hopelessness isolation denial
core behaviors of stuttering
Reps, prolongations, blocks,fillers, linguistic revisions
disfunction means
normal speech - there is no disorder just a mistake while speaking
dysfunction means
disorder present
what percent of the population has a stuttering disorder
5
True or false girls outnumber boys in stuttering disorders
Falso- boys outnumber 2/1
In what population is stuttering more prevalent
African American
in what situations are stuttering worse
talking on the phone, giving a speech, being nervous
core behaviors are called
overt
overt behaviors are what
reps,prolongations and blocks
reps
ba ba ba baby
prolongations
continuos sounds (fricatives) NOT stops
blocks
lots of tension occurs at vocal folds (can be painful)
fillers
like, uhm
linguistic revision
changing in meaning of word
secondary behaviors (covert) not direct
twitch, shoulder jerks, slapping, knee jerk
circumlocutions
talking around the target word without saying the word
at what point does speech become DYSfluent
under 14 phonemes anything over is normal disfluency
prolongations last how long
1 second
blocks last how long
2 seconds
How does therapy work
- change the way the person stutters 2. change the way the person feels 3. change the way person interacts with the environment
Stuttering Modification Therapy
modify the stuttering by addressing how the client feels and decrease emotional draining
Fluency shaping therapy
decrease stuttering all together and do NOT address feelings
