SPHHRNG 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cluttering, Operant Conditioning, Joe Biden
13 Sep 2016
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Stuttering like disfluencies: repetitions, especially of parts of words, prolongations, blocks, non speech behaviors. Stuttering is a disorder affecting the rhythm of speech. The person who stutters knows precisely what he or she wishes to say, but at the time is unable to say it because of an involuntary: repetition, prolongation, cessation of a sound (also called a block) What stutterers initially do as they produce speech. Repetitions: may result from repeated utterance of unit that is ready, while waiting for next (transitional) element that is not ready. Prolongations: may result from maintaining voice or airflow of first unit while waiting for next (transitional) element that is not ready. What stutterers do in response to their speech disfluencies. Behaviors: more tense disfluencies, eye blinks, asking someone to make a phone call. Feelings and attitudes: shame, fear of speaking, wanting to avoid speaking: mysteries of stuttering. Why some children recover and others don"t.
