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Stuttering and Fluency strategies

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  • What is stretchy speech?
    Stretch out the vowels in your speech by making them a little longer.
  • Group words together in chunks, and pause at natural breaks.
    Pausing and chunking
  • Ease into a word that you think you might stutter on by making the first sound longer than normal.
    Preparatory set
  • What is slow rate?
    Make speech slow, calm and controlled
  • What kind of stuttering is repeating a sound or word?
    Repetition
  • What kind of stuttering is saying a sound for an extended period of time?
    Prolongation
  • Explain prolongation.
    Saying a sound for a long time.
  • What is light contact?
    Use gentle contact between the parts of your mouth used for talking (lips, tongue, teeth)
  • Stretch out the vowels in your speech by making them a little longer.
    Stretchy speech
  • What kind of stuttering involves the stoppage of airflow or sound production?
    Blocks
  • What is pull out?
    Catch a word you are stuttering on, and slide or stretch out of it
  • What is cancellation?
    Pause after a moment of stuttering, ID where there is tension, release it, and try speaking again.
  • Use gentle contact between parts of your mouth used for talking (lips, tongue, teeth)
    Light contact
  • Make your speech calm, slow and controlled.
    Slow rate
  • Explain repetition.
    Repeating a sound or word
  • Use a slow and relaxed repetitions of sounds on purpose.
    Bouncing
  • What kind of disfluency is this? "I wwwwant the ball"
    Prolongation
  • Explain blocks.
    Stopping airflow or sound production.
  • What is preparatory set?
    Ease into a word that you think you might stutter on by making the first sound longer than normal.
  • What does it mean to "break into syllables"?
    Produce words with each of their syllables.
  • Start our speech slower, quieter, and with less tightness.
    Easy start
  • What is full breath?
    Take a breath of air before talking, and keep the air coming out while speaking.
  • Pause after a moment of stuttering, identify where the tension is, release it, and try speaking again.
    Cancellation
  • What is pausing and chunking?
    Group words together in chunks, and pause at natural breaks.
  • What is bouncing?
    Use slow and relaxed repetitions of sounds on purpose.
  • Take a breath of air before talking, and keep the air coming out while speaking.
    Full breath
  • What kind of disfluency is this? "I.........want the ball"
    Block
  • What kind of disfluency is this? "I want want the ball"
    Repetition
  • What is easy start?
    Start your speech slower, quieter, and with less tightness.
  • Catch a word you are stuttering on and slide or stretch out of it
    Pull out
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