CCC Fluency and Voice Disorders

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Prolongation

Answer

Prolongations are stuttering-like disfluencies in which a sound is stretched beyond its normal duration.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Frequency, duration, and physical concomitants

Answer

The SSI-4 measures stuttering frequency, average duration of the three longest stuttering events, and physical concomitants.

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

Fluency shaping therapy uses targets like easy onset, light articulatory contacts, and slow rate to establish fluency from scratch.

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

Stuttering modification addresses the fear, avoidance behaviors, and negative attitudes that maintain and exacerbate stuttering.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Part-word repetitions, prolongations, and blocks

Answer

SLDs include part-word repetitions, prolongations, and blocks, which are more closely associated with developmental stuttering.

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