Name That Strategy
This strategy involves slowing down when speaking.
Reduced rate of speech
Show how to use Easy Onset with the phrase: "How are you today?"
"*huh*Hhow are you today?"
Stuttering is more common in _____ vs ______ with a 4:1 ratio
Males; Females
This type of disfluency is characterized by pauses in speech.
Blocks
Name two fluency modification strategies
Cancellation and Pull-out
This strategy involves stopping in the middle of a stuttering event, thinking about where the tension is, relaxing, and going into the word again fluently.
Pull-out
Show how to use Stretchy Speech with the phrase: "I am eating a sandwich"
"IIII aaam eeeaaating aaaa saaandwhich"
Stuttering is a speech pattern involving disruptions, or “________,” in a person’s speech.
Disfluencies
Describe repetitions
Repetitions are when a sound, word, or phrase are repeated.
Name three fluency shaping strategies
Easy onset, Light articulatory contact, MOOSE, Stretchy speech, Continuous phonation, Reduced rate of speech.
This strategy involves lightly using the articulators to produce sounds with reduced tension
Light articulatory contact
Show how to use Continuous Phonation with the phrase: "I am reading a book"
"III aamm rreeaaddiinngg aa bbooookk"
True or False: All people who stutter experience the same stuttering characteristics across their entire lives.
False!
Core behaviors (speech characteristics) and secondary behaviors (tension, eye movement, mouth movement, etc) can vary in presentation across someone's life.
This type of disfluency is characterized by stretching out a sound for a long time
Prolongations
Is there a "cure" for stuttering?
Despite scientific breakthroughs in our knowledge about stuttering, there is still no reliable, research-backed “cure” that works consistently, over time, and for all people who stutter.
Many individuals benefit from speech therapy and joining support groups to help reduce the number of disfluencies they experience!
This strategy involves taking a deep breath and speaking when slowly exhaling from our abdomen
Diaphragmatic breathing
Show how to use Cancellation with the phrase "I am thirsty"
"I am th-th-thirsty" "thirsty"
Approximately _____ million people stutter in the U.S.
80 (million)
Provide examples of repetitions (part word, word, and phrase)
d-d-dog
My my my name is
She is She is She is tall
Name a famous person who stutters
Joe Biden, Emily Blunt, Marilyn Monroe, Ed Sheeran, Samuel L Jackson, etc
This strategy involves moving your lips, opening your mouth, over-enunciating, slowing down, and elongating vowels
MOOSE
Show how to use Pull-out with the phrase "She is walking the dog"
"She is waa-- walking the dog"
What is the cause of stuttering?
The cause is unknown! Most researchers now consider stuttering to involve differences in brain activity that interfere with the production of speech. It can also be inherited through genetics.
Describe interjections
Interjections are when the speaker inserts filler or extra words into their speech
(Ex. um, uh)
Name an online or in-person resource for people who stutter
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