What should I know about stuttering?
Some of us will never come into contact with children who stutter.
It is a relatively rare speech disorder, affecting more schol age boys
than girls. Many theorists have formulated the causes for
stuttering, but none have been proven indefinitely. Many agree
that stuttering is caused by a variety of factors, including genetics,
motor programming, emotional, and environmental.
Listen to the speech of those around you.
You'll notice that no one has perfect speech, free of all dysfluencies.
The difference between their speech and the speech of the stuttering
child is the amount of tension associated with the moment of stuttering.
These are common types of dysfluencies found in both normal and
disordered speech:
Single-Word Repetition:
repeating a single word in a sentence (I-I-I-I-I want to go now!)
Phrase Repetition: repeating
a phrase within a sentence (I want-I want-I want-I want-I want some more
juice.)
Syllable
Repetition: repeating a syllable
within a word in a sentence (I want to hold the ba-ba-ba-baby.)
Blocking: trying to get a
syllable or sound out, but getting stuck, making no noise. (I love
to eat ice <silence> cream.)
Prolongation: holding the
first sound of a word or syllable, with difficulty moving to the next
sound. (Tonight I have some
ho-----------mework.)
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