Exam 7: Fluency Disorders

Therapy might be recommended if

Standardized tests

is the most common form of stuttering; it begins in the preschool years.

As many as of preschool children who had been in a stuttering treatment program maintained their fluent speech 5 years after their initial evaluation.

The theory of stuttering asserts that stuttering is a learned response to conditions external to the individual.

Children in a parent-conducted therapy program maintained fluent speech for

Describe and give examples of normal disfluencies.

In , the individual modifies the stuttered word during the actual occurrence of stuttering.

is typically associated with neurological disease or trauma.

is a fluency shaping technique that requires pausing briefly after stuttering.

is a fluency shaping technique that aims to reduce speech rate; the slowing of speech rate is accompanied by a substantial decrease in stuttering.

Selection of intervention techniques depends on

Which of the following are secondary characteristics that can co-occur with stuttering?

Stuttering intervention across all age groups results in an average improvement for about of all cases, with preschool-age children improving more quickly and easily than people who have a longer history with stuttering.