CCC Fluency and Voice Disorders

Question 1

Which type of stuttering event involves the prolongation of a sound or syllable?

Accepted Answer

Prolongation

Answer

Interjection

Answer

Revision

Answer

Sound/syllable repetition

Question 2

The Stuttering Severity Instrument (SSI-4) rates severity based on which three components?

Accepted Answer

Frequency, duration, and physical concomitants

Answer

Rate, intelligibility, and tension

Answer

Avoidance, anticipation, and struggle

Answer

Frequency, avoidance, and attitude

Question 3

Which treatment for stuttering teaches clients to initiate phonation gently and manage airflow to produce fluent speech?

Accepted Answer

Fluency shaping therapy

Answer

Stuttering modification therapy

Answer

Acceptance and commitment therapy

Answer

Easy onset only

Question 4

Van Riper's stuttering modification therapy targets which emotional aspect of stuttering in addition to the speech behavior itself?

Accepted Answer

Fear, avoidance, and negative attitudes toward stuttering

Answer

Only speech rate

Answer

Phonological awareness

Answer

Voice onset time

Question 5

Which disfluency types are considered 'stuttering-like disfluencies' (SLDs)?

Accepted Answer

Part-word repetitions, prolongations, and blocks

Answer

Interjections, revisions, and phrase repetitions

Answer

Revisions and abandoned utterances only

Answer

Filled pauses and multisyllabic word repetitions

Question 6

Natural recovery from stuttering without treatment occurs in approximately what percentage of children?

Accepted Answer

50–80%

Answer

10–15%

Answer

25–35%

Answer

90–95%