Stuttering Flashcards

1
Q

What are some of the characteristics that come from stuttering

A

fear shame guilt anxiety hopelessness isolation denial

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2
Q

core behaviors of stuttering

A

Reps, prolongations, blocks,fillers, linguistic revisions

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3
Q

disfunction means

A

normal speech - there is no disorder just a mistake while speaking

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4
Q

dysfunction means

A

disorder present

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5
Q

what percent of the population has a stuttering disorder

A

5

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6
Q

True or false girls outnumber boys in stuttering disorders

A

Falso- boys outnumber 2/1

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7
Q

In what population is stuttering more prevalent

A

African American

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8
Q

in what situations are stuttering worse

A

talking on the phone, giving a speech, being nervous

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9
Q

core behaviors are called

A

overt

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10
Q

overt behaviors are what

A

reps,prolongations and blocks

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11
Q

reps

A

ba ba ba baby

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12
Q

prolongations

A

continuos sounds (fricatives) NOT stops

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13
Q

blocks

A

lots of tension occurs at vocal folds (can be painful)

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14
Q

fillers

A

like, uhm

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15
Q

linguistic revision

A

changing in meaning of word

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16
Q

secondary behaviors (covert) not direct

A

twitch, shoulder jerks, slapping, knee jerk

17
Q

circumlocutions

A

talking around the target word without saying the word

18
Q

at what point does speech become DYSfluent

A

under 14 phonemes anything over is normal disfluency

19
Q

prolongations last how long

A

1 second

20
Q

blocks last how long

A

2 seconds

21
Q

How does therapy work

A
  1. change the way the person stutters 2. change the way the person feels 3. change the way person interacts with the environment
22
Q

Stuttering Modification Therapy

A

modify the stuttering by addressing how the client feels and decrease emotional draining

23
Q

Fluency shaping therapy

A

decrease stuttering all together and do NOT address feelings