Auditory –Perceptual Assessment of Fluency in Typical and Neurologically Disordered Speech

Conclusions Speech fluency is a multifaceted phenomenon, and on the basis of this study, we suggest a more general approach to fluency and its deviations that will take into account, in addition to the motor and linguistic aspects of fluency, the metalinguistic component of expression as well. The results of this study indicate a need for further studies on the precise nature of borderline fluency and its different disfluencies.
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research