CH. 6 - Fluency and Its Disorders

Question 1

The position that stuttering indicates a social role conflict was taken by (a-van riper; b-wischner; c-sheehan; d-bloodstein; e-brutten and shoemaker)

Answer 1

c. sheehan (Joseph Sheehan–dvd Message to a Stutterer)

Question 2

Research on the prevalence of stuttering has shown that

a) familial incidence is higher than in the general population
b) sons of stuttering mothers run a greater risk of than those of stuttering fathers
c) blood relatives of a stuttering woman run a greater risk of stuttering themselves than those of a stuttering man
d) all of the above

Answer 2

d) all of the above

Question 3

stuttering in preschool children is more likely on (content words, function words, final words of sentences, vowels, clusters)

Answer 3

function words

Question 4

for stuttering adaptation, most of the reduction in stuttering occurs by the ______ reading

Answer 4

fifth

Question 5

Brutten and Shoemaker proposed that..

Answer 5

• stuttering is limited to part-word repetitions and sound prolongations
• stuttering is due to classically conditioned negative emotion
• some dysfluencies are operantly conditioned

Question 6

Bloodstein advocated that stuttering may be caused by..

Answer 6

any belief that speech is a difficult task, resulting in tension and speech fragmentation

Question 7

The fluent stuttering treatment..

Answer 7

was developed by Charles Van Riper and aims to reduce the abnormality of stuttering (includes teaching cancellations, pull-outs, and preparatory sets)

Question 8

Fluency shaping tx includes..

Answer 8

targeting skills like airflow management, gentle phonatory onset, and reduced rate of speech

Question 9

a clutterer will show..

Answer 9

lack of anxiety or concern about their speech; use spoonerisms; have rapid, disordered artic resulting in unintelligible speech

Question 10

what techniques are useful to treat an individual who clutters?

Answer 10

reduce rate of speech and increase awareness to speech through audiotapes and videotapes

Question 11

the theory that stuttering is caused by lack of a unilateral dominant hemisphere is the ________ theory

Answer 11

cerebral dominance theory

Question 12

if you want to know how many people stutter in a geographical location and not give a predictive statement you are looking to find what?

Answer 12

prevalence (NOT incidence)

Question 13

direct stuttering reduction methods are ______ and ______

Answer 13

pause-and-talk AND response cost

Question 14

the stutter-more-fluently approach involves..

Answer 14

allowing clients to discuss their feelings and attitudes toward their situation; desensitizing them to their stuttering and helping them modify their stuttering through use of techniques like cancellations and pull-outs

Question 15

to diagnose neurogenic stuttering you need to

Answer 15

• evaluate medical records
• make sure a neurological disease has been diagnosed
• assess that the pattern of communication justifies the disorder