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From: RML
Date: 18 Oct 2007
Time: 13:26:10 -0500
Remote Name: 72.193.107.142
I have a question concerning the determination of syllables on the SSI-3. According to definition in SSI-3 the following is a stuttered behavior: "repetitions or prolongations of sounds or syllables (including silent prolongations) accommodate the types of disfluenices that are atypical or abnormal in children and adults who do not stutter but are found more frequently among people who stutter"......."Behaviors such as rephrasing, repetition of phrases or whole words and pausing without tension are not counted as stuttering. Repetition of one -syllable words may be stuttering if the words sound abnormal (shortened, prlongoned, staccato and tense etc,.)" So using this definition the utterance below would be counted as 8 syllables and 3 stuttered moments so 3/8. " I I I I went went to the ssstore with mmmmommy." Is this correct? The "I-I-I" is counted as a stuttered event and then assuming the word "went" was an easy repetition. Question is do you count the word "went" twice as 2 syllables or only once?? when the word is NOT considered stuttering but repeated. Hope I am making myself clear. Many thanks.