Fluency Disorders & Stuttering Flashcards

The Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES) primarily measures:

Answer: The functional, emotional, and quality-of-life impact of stuttering on the individual

The OASES is a self-report instrument capturing the speaker's lived experience of stuttering across general information, reactions, daily communication, and quality of life.

A client using Delayed Auditory Feedback (DAF) device reports improved fluency only while wearing it. This suggests:

Answer: The device is providing a fluency aid but is not replacing the need for behavioral treatment

Fluency aids like DAF alter auditory feedback to temporarily disrupt the feedback loop; they do not produce lasting neurological change and must be paired with behavioral strategies.

In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) applied to stuttering, the primary goal is to:

Answer: Increase psychological flexibility and reduce avoidance rather than eliminate disfluencies

ACT for stuttering targets psychological flexibility, acceptance of stuttering as part of one's experience, and commitment to meaningful life pursuits regardless of disfluency.

Which disfluency type is considered MORE typical (normal) and is most frequently seen in typically developing preschool children?

Answer: Whole-word repetitions and phrase repetitions

Whole-word and phrase repetitions are classified as more typical disfluencies common in normal development, whereas part-word repetitions and sound prolongations are more indicative of stuttering.

A client demonstrates cancellation when he:

Answer: Pauses after a stuttered word, modifies the stuttered pattern, and then says the word again fluently

Cancellation is a stuttering modification technique in which the client pauses after stuttering, releases tension, and then produces the word again using a modified stuttering pattern.

Social anxiety disorder and stuttering co-occur at elevated rates. When both are present, the recommended treatment approach is to:

Answer: Address both conditions, as treating anxiety alone does not resolve stuttering and vice versa

Co-occurring social anxiety and stuttering require integrated treatment since each condition independently maintains the other and neither resolves with unilateral treatment.

Frequency Altered Feedback (FAF) reduces stuttering by:

Answer: Shifting the pitch of the speaker's voice in real time, altering the auditory feedback signal

FAF shifts the pitch of the speaker's own voice as heard through earphones, disrupting the aberrant auditory feedback loop associated with stuttering.