Typical Disfluency and the Development of Stuttering (part 2)

1. 1. occur in the speech of all preschool children.

2. 2. are not pure stuttering.

Stuttering like disfluencies, may distinguish between children who are (2)

SLD's consist of (3)

characteristics of borderline stuttering (5)

younger preschool children with borderline stuttering usually exhibits a

• greater amount of disfluency

• 6 disfluencies peer 100 word

• less disfluency

• 10 disfluencies peer 100 word

the proportion of SLD's relative to all disfluencies may be greater than half.

• True
• False

children with borderline stuttering are also likely to (1 with explain)

their disfluency (borderline stuttering) is usually

• tight & tense appearing
• stiff & rigid appearing
• smooth & fluid appearing
• loose & relaxed appearing

Children with borderline stuttering show little or no awareness of their speaking difficulty, only rarely do they express frustration about it.

• true

• false

Constitutional factors Among the underlying processes behind borderline stuttering are probably (2)