SLHS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Speech Disfluency, Onomatopoeia, Interjection
7 Nov 2016
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Stuttering: fluency orders- an onomatopoeic word that well captures the stops, starts and hesitations in the speech of those with fluency disorders. Fluency disorders effect a relatively small number of people compared to other disorders of communication. Fluency: descriptive term used to characterize the flow of speech during communication (fluent speech moves along at an appropriate rate with easy rhythm- smooth, effortless, automatic) Disfluency: speech behavior that disrupts the fluent forward flow of speech, such as a pause, interjection, or revision. (all disruptions of speech) Core features: primary characteristics of a fluency disorder. 3 primary types of disfluencies: repetitions, prolongations, blocks. Repetition: occurs when a sound syllable, or word is repeated several times to the point of interrupting the flow of speech. Prolongation: occurs when sound is held longer than normal. Block: when the airflow and the articulatory movement completely stop during production of sound (block can last as long as 5 seconds)
