Dysfluency
Dysfluency
Dysfluency (pronounced dis-flu-en-cy) is a term used in speech pathology to describe interruptions or breaks in the flow of speech. These interruptions may include hesitations, repetitions, or prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases.
Etymology
The term "dysfluency" is derived from the Greek prefix "dys-", meaning "bad" or "difficult", and the Latin word "fluentem", meaning "flowing".
Types of Dysfluency
There are several types of dysfluency, including:
- Stuttering: Characterized by frequent repetitions or prolongations of sounds or syllables.
- Cluttering: Characterized by a rapid or irregular speech rate, excessive disfluencies, and often other symptoms such as language or phonological errors and attention deficits.
- Word-finding difficulties: Characterized by frequent pauses and circumlocutions (round-about expressions) due to difficulty recalling the words one intends to say.
Related Terms
- Fluency: The smoothness or flow with which sounds, syllables, words and phrases are joined together during speech.
- Speech Pathology: The study and treatment of speech and language problems.
- Speech Therapy: The treatment for speech and language disorders.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Dysfluency
- Wikipedia's article - Dysfluency
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