Week 3:Fluency Disorders

Question 1

What are the primary symptoms of stuttering?

Answer 1

• repetitions(of sounds or syllables)
• (audible) sound prolongations
  -(silent) blocks or tense pauses

Question 2

What are some phrases not to say to PWS?

Answer 2

• just breathe
  -slow down
  -you sound so good
• youll grow out of it
• you dont even stutter that much

Question 3

Are males or females more likely to stutter and why?

Answer 3

males and it though to be bc of genetic transfers that are sex-specific

Question 4

what are secondary symptoms of stuttering?

Answer 4

Facial movements, eye blinking, arm/leg movements, head jerks, etc

Question 5

what are the 2 main treatment types for stuttering?

Answer 5

Fluency shaping and stuttering modification