Exam 7: Fluency Disorders

is a fluency shaping technique that lengthens naturally occurring pauses and adds pauses.

Three or more within word disfluencies per words may indicate stuttering.

Onset of developmental stuttering is between what ages?

In , the individual completes the stuttered word and then pauses deliberately for a minimum of 3 seconds.

Stuttering is considered to be

Describe direct approaches for stuttering therapy and the target population.

In , the individual prepares to use fluency producing strategies before attempting the word.

In Phase Four of the developmental framework of stuttering, which of the following is true?

Name and explain three of the current conceptual models of stuttering.

Describe and give examples of stuttered disfluencies.

The theory of stuttering contends that stuttering is a neurotic symptom.

is a fluency shaping technique that reduces speech rate and physical tension before and during occurrences of stuttering, promoting smooth speech.

In Phase One of the developmental framework of stuttering, which of the following is true?

Longer duration and/or multiple sound or syllable repetitions may represent/indicate

For school-aged children, there is a average decrease in stuttering frequency/severity across nine studies.

Describe the effects of stuttering through the lifespan.

Describe indirect approaches for stuttering therapy and the target population.

Developmental stuttering usually occurs on words, whereas they occur on words in neurogenic stuttering.

The theory of stuttering proposes an actual physical cause for stuttering.

Describe the Lidcombe program for stuttering treatment.