Passing As Fluent

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Distinguishing Covert Stuttering

From: Adam Presswood, Student/Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Date: 10/19/03
Time: 11:49:12 PM
Remote Name: 209.248.48.48

Comments

When speaking, I, as I'm sure is true of every other speaker, will sometimes substitute some words or phrases for others, not based on any potential fluency problems, but because I am sometimes not sure of a certain word's pronunciation, whether or not the word or phrase is really appropriate for a given situation, etc. When you substitute and/or avoid words and phrases, can you tell a difference between those substitutions that characterize non-stuttering speech and those that are occurring as part of covert stuttering. That is, do you always feel a physical, emotional, or articulatory cue that tells you to substitute in order to avoid being disfluent? Thank you.

Adam Presswood


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