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CDIS Exam 2

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What is fluency?   Flow of speech production  
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What are the 5 characteristics to describe fluency?   Rate, rhythm, smoothness, effort, and automaticty  
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What is disfluency?   Disruption of flow of speech  
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What is a fluency disorder?   A speech disorder  
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How is disfluency characterized?   By high rate of stoppages/interruptions that disrupt flow of speech, and significantly interferes with communication.  
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What are the core primary features for stuttering?   Monosyllabic whole-word repetitions, part-word repetitions, sound prolongations (stretch words out) blocks (like the road blocks of speech)  
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What are the secondary behaviors for stuttering (a fluency disorder)?   Head jerking or emotions/attitudes towards their stuttering. Second behaviors are developed overtime.  
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How many Americans currently stutter? What percentage is this making up in the population?   3 million Americans, 1% of the population  
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Who stutters more? Females or males? Who is more likely to recover?   Boys stutter more, females are more likely to recover.  
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What is the percentage of positive family histories for stuttering?   60-70%  
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What does the recovery look like for stuttering?   4 years post-onset, ~75% recover  
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True or false: Disfluencies occur in normal communication.   True Example: Using "um" or "like"  
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Etiology of stuttering?   UNKNOWN!  
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What are the approaches to stuttering treatment?   Stuttering modification (symptoms modification): teach person to stutter better, more fluently, easy voice onsets, light articulatory contacts Fluency shaping: teach person to speak without stuttering; reconstructing speech production.  
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What are the different roles of voice?   Carries words, reflects personality, reveals physical state, delivers messages and adds meaning to the message.  
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