Word-Final Dysfluencies: Ten Infrequently Asked Questions

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Further patterns of comparison

From: Jim Clarkson ,Australia
Date: 10/13/01
Time: 7:43:15 AM
Remote Name: 198.142.200.245

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I apologise for the lack of information up to this time. In my employment this week I was called out in the middle of the night to another city (Shepparton). Next day after very little sleep in 24 hrs, were is my fear in conversation /Shepparton/. What is my fear and were does it start /h/. As this is an unavoidable place name, go back to second sound of my most feared place name from the past /Bendigo/. Compare all sounds. Which would be my most feared word (now) when rested /Bendigo/. (this description may sound a bit weird I tend to use flow charts)

Matt and I do the same intensive together at equal pace. This is a group intensive orientated toward younger people. We are both to do a counting exercise up to 20. Matt leaves out 14 and fails, second attempt (fails). We do it in unison (pass), Matts third attempt (fail). Jim becomes very frustrated, Matt does not. Matt shows absolutely no signs of prior anticipated avoidance. If you can understand that word was not avoided it was missing blank all of it.

This is were my previous sequential choice theory becomes rather imaginative. Go to fourteen fifteen. Second sound of fourteen has lower frequency (pitch) than second sound of fifteen. Third sound of fifteen moves to unvoiced. Go to four five. Second sounds different, but have similar frequency (?). No moves to unvoiced (?)

My turn to choose between four five, fourteen fifteen. No fears (blocks). For interests sake if I was going to stutter I choose the /f/ in fifteen. I feel this could be a very significant point.

I have very little fear of my name, that small fear would begin at /a/ in Clarkson Our Daughter has big trouble with her name and Bendigo. As you have said, we may not be using our voice cords correctly, do you think it may be confined mostly to low frequency voiced sounds.

Thank you for your attention to us,


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