Week Nine Flashcards
True/false: In bilingual people who stutter, they will always stutter in both langauges
False (sort of).
Bilingual PWS stuttering in languages is inconsistent.
Some stutter equally in both languages, some stutter more in their more proficient language, some stutter more in their less proficient
What are bilingual children more likely to be misidentified as?
- Having a language deficit
- Being a child who stutters
True/false: There is no evidence to suggest that bilingualism is a risk factor for developing stuttering
True
What are some cultural differences to be aware of when working with other cultures?
- Hierarchy/talking to other genders
- Expecting conversational interactions between parents and children
- Interruptions in conversation
- Beliefs in the cause of stuttering
- SLT involvement
True/false: Bilingual CWS may present with typical and stuttered disfluencies exceeding conventional monolingual thresholds
True. This may be due to code-switching.
True/false: You don’t need to treat both languages
False, you should treat all languages as much as possible
True/false: Language impairment is observed more frequently in CWS than the general population
True, language impairment is more frequently seen in CWS
They also may have co-ocurring articulation/phonological difficulties
CWS may also have executive function difficulties
Can targeting other speech/language areas effect stuttering?
Yes, it is important to always consider how one domain may impact another
For example:
- Increased language demand can negatively impact children’s ability to maintain fluency
- Practising speech sounds can lead to overarticulation and hard contacts
What is the sequential treatment approach?
- Address 1 difficulty before the other (select most difficult area)
- Move onto the next difficult when 1st one has been completed
- Potential for untargeted areas to worsen or never get addressed
What is a concurrent treatment approach?
- Work on multiple areas more or less in parallel
- May include combinations of direct and indirect approaches
- Different portions of tx session address different difficulties
- Need to monitor effect of treating one area on other areas that require support
What is a cyclic treatment approach?
- Concurrent treatment, with a set period of time to spend on goals in long-term plan
- Different from sequential which is based on predetermined level of accuracy vs. time
What are some findings from Meghan’s research relating to Māori knowledge relating to communication?
- Interrelationship of natural, spiritual and human worlds
- Communication from the environment
- Spiritual involvement in language
- Not only oral communication
Whakarongo: Listening, obeying
- Active listening
- Listening to advice
- Listening for important content
Te Whē: sound
- Environmental sounds in human voice
- Voice quality
- Disfluency
Whatumanawa: open expression of emotion
- Angery, frustration, annoyance
- aroha
- grief
