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Fluency disorders

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what are the 5 elements of fluency   rate, rhythm, smoothness, effort, atomaticalit  
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what is disfluency   the disruption of flow of speech  
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what qualiifies as a fluency disorder?   3 or more stuttering like disfluencies per 100 words  
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core features   monosyllabic whole-word repetitions, part-word repetitions, sound prolongations, block  
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secondary behaviors   emotions or attitudes towards disfluencies  
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prevalence of stuttering   1% of the population, currently 3 million americans stutter  
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incidence of stuttering   5% over life time; 15 million americans  
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gender ratio   3:1 at onset; 7:1 in adolescence  
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do more males or females stutter   males  
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_____% recover from stuttering   75%  
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primary stuttering behaviors   monosyllabic whole-word repetitions, part-word repetitions, sound prolongations, blocks  
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psychosocial behaviors   avoidance (word/sound, and situation), passivity in conversation, avoids talking, fear, embarrasment  
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predisposing factors   (constitutional factors that increase suseptibility) gender, genetics  
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precipitating factors   developmental and environmental factors worsen stuttering (age, stress)  
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2 approaches to treatment   stuttering modification, fluency shaping  
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which approach is easier?   stuttering modification  
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what is stuttering modification   teaching a person to stutter better, more fluently, light articulation  
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what is fluency shaping?   teaching a person to speak without stuttering, reconstructing speech production  
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different roles of voice   carries words, reflects personality, reveals physical state, delivers message and adds meaning to the message  
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what is resonance   shaping by vibration of air in cavities of head and neck  
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what is the driving force for speech   respiration  
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what are the 9 cartilages/muscles of the Larynx   arytenoids, corniculates, suneiforms, thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage, epiglottis  
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what is the epiglottis   flap that covers larynx and protects it  
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faster rate of vibration of the vocal folds produces...   higher pitch (more hertz)  
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greater pressure of air through the vocal folds causes...   greater intensity (loudness) and greater distance for the vocal folds to move when opening and closing  
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what makes the voice sound breathy?   air escapes through the vocal folds, the vocal folds don't close all the way  
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hypernasal   too much air goes through nose  
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hyponasal   not enough air goes through nose  
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what is a voice disorder   abnormal production or absence of vocal quality, pitch and loudness, given individual's ge and gender  
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why account for age and gender when looking at voice disorders?   gender- males have a deeper voice, females have a wider range; age- elderly people speak softer, puberty causes change in the voice  
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symptoms of voice problems   harseness, vocal fatigue, breathy voice, reduced range, aphonia, pitch breaks, tremor, pain and other physical sensations  
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vocal abuse   chronic overuse/misuse of vocal apparatus  
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vocally abusive behaviors   talking in noisy environments, coughing, clearing throat frequently, using caffeine,smoking  
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who's at risk for vocal nodules?   teachers, singers, children, cheerleaders  
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vocal hygiene, ways to protect vocal cords   drink water with caffeine, yell from diaphragm, don't whisper, speak at the level you are supposed to be speaking  
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women: WF vibration/VF size   220 Hz, smaller size and more stretched out  
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men: VF vibration/ VF size   120 Hz, larger/longer, more bulky  
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how to make a man's voice sound more feminine?   breathy phonation, lighter/softer voice, more pitch variability, more interjections (um) and hang gestures  
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