Taller 6: Fluidez

Stuttering is defined as

• dysfluencies that are stuttering-like

• excessive frequency and duration of dysfluencies

• a speech event as judged by an expert

• choices A, B and C

People who stutter

• do not have unique personality traits that explain their stuttering

• are diagnosed with clinically significant anxiety disorders

• have unique temperament related to stuttering

• have obsessive-compulsive traits

Select the correct statement.

• Persons who stutter typically clutter as well.

• Stuttering of adult and early chidlhood onset share the same etiology

• Persons who clutter may also stutter.

• Parents of children who stutter have a unique psychological profile.

You're evaluating Rudy a 65yo man with suspected neurogenic stuttering. You expect to observe...

• absence of repetitions on medial and final sounds in words.

• presence of marked adaptation.

• presence of dysfluencies in imitated speech.

• ignificant number of severe associated motor behaviors.

Parent-centered treatment of stuttering...

• may involve attempts at directly reducing stuttering.

• relies mostly on psychotherapy for the parents.

• works exclusively with the parents of children who stutter.

• does not include the Lidcombe program.

You're evaluating a 3yo boy. His mother asks if he is likely to recover without treatment. In your answer, you consider:

• treatment affordability

• lack of evidence for treating stuttering in preschoolers.

• stuttering severity

• the boy's emotional responsitivity

Such skills as airflow management, gentle phonatory onset and reduced rate of speech are targets in

• the fluent stuttering techniques

• counseling to reduce psychological conflicts.

• the fluency shaping technique

• direct stuttering reduction strategies.

Parents generally report that the onset of stuttering in their children is assocaited with

• nothing unusual

• accidental head injury

• stressful family situations

• severe illness

Studies on the rates of natural recovery of stuttering suggest that

• less than 20% of children who stutter recover naturally

• all children who stutter recover by age 8

• once started, stutterign persists in all children

• the recovery rate may be as low as 45% or as high as 90%

Stuttering in preschool children is more likely to occur on

• content words

• final words in a sentence

• function words

• vowels