CGSC376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Peter Van Riper, Functor, Circumlocution
4 Nov 2018
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5% of people have stuttered sometime in their lives, but only 1% of those are current;y stuttering. 1. 5% of children under 10, as compared to . 5-. 7% of adolescents and adults have a fluency disorder. On average, people who stutter are dysfluent on 10% of the words they speak. Listener judgement studies rate speech abnormal if disfluency is present relative to 5% of words spoken (all types of disfluency counted) Definition: interruptions that prevent the smooth and easy flow of speech, to a degree that distracts the listener from the message and may cause distress in the speaker. Significant impact on social, academic or occupational achievement. Average number of dysfluencies per 100 words. Average number of dysfluencies per 100 syllables. Presence of certain specific types of dysfluencies. Part-word repetitions and sound prolongations are more common in the speech of people who stutter . speech disordered. Interjections and word/phrase repetitions occur in typical speakers as well . typical dysfluency.
