Intro to CSD Quiz 10

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• a relatively small number of people are affected by fluency by fluency disorders compared to other communication disorders

• the general population seems to be the most familiar with fluency disorders compared to other communication disorders

• fluency disorders have one of the shortest documented histories of any communication disorder

• fluency disorders are often used in the media as a dramatic, metaphoric technique

What terms describes when the airflow and articulatory movement completely stop during production of a sound?

• prolongation

• word avoidance

• repetitiion

• block

What age range shows the highest rate of fluency disorders?

• birth to 3 years

• 2 to 10 years

• 6 to 13 years

• 14 and over

The difference between prevalence and incidence rates in the general population suggest that what percentage of people recover from stuttering?

• 10%

• 25%

• 60%

• 80%

Which of the following statements is true of developmental disorders of fluency?

• their cause is unknown

• may stutter for only several months or several years

• majority of children will resolve their stuttering within four years of its onset

• disorder can emerge at any time throughout the lifespan

Which is the most common type of "normal" disfluency in young children?

• revision

• multi-syllabic word repetitions

• interjections

• prolongations

How do the core symptoms change for the majority of persons with a developmental fluency disorder?

• get more severe over time

• get less severe over time

• stay the same over time

• get worse initially, then get better

At which level of disfluency is it characterized as a "true" fluency disorder?

• borderline

• beginning

• intermediate

• severe

Unlike stuttering, the person who clutters:

• has breakdowns at the word level

• has poor intelligibility

• does not experience any struggle when speaking

• has a spurty speaking rate

What is the best way to differentiate a disfluency into either the "stuttering-like" category or the "normal" category?

• whether the disfluency affects the internal structure of the word

• whether repetition occurs or not

• whether repetitions occur or not

• whether physical concomitants exist or not