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From: Tom Weidig (thestutteringbrain.blogspot.com)
Date: 08 Oct 2010
Time: 10:49:11 -0500
Remote Name: 88.207.201.109
My theory is that we need to look more upstream. There are two types of states that leads to flow disruption. Type A: the brain doesn't know what to say. Type B: the brain knows exactly what to say but cannot say it. Both types lead to a delay in speech initiation, and the brain has to react. Let's say my brain knows exactly what to say "I am Tom". But my brain cannot execute "T-o-m" (for whatever reason). What are its options? 1) don't react -> I am....... Tom 2) substitute -> I am Jerry 3) filler --> I am ehhhh Tom 4) repeat last syllable --> I am T-t-t-om. So I would say that the number of possible types of dysfluencies is the number of possible ways to react to a delay in speech initiation. Fluent speakers also have disfluencies but I would say that these are only of type A, and not that frequent. Stutterers have Type A and B, and the type of reactions to Type B are learned and conditioned to stimuli. Any thoughts?