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Explain this strategy: Stretchy speech
Streching out your words to make them smooth
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This part of our speech machine fills with air before we speak and empties the air when we speak
lungs
trachea
brain
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Explain this strategy: Easy onset
Start your airflow prior to turning your voice on
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What part of our speech machine formulates what we want to say?
brain
vocal folds
lungs
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True or False: Stuttering can not be cured
True. Stuttering can't be cured but it can be managed by working with a speech therapist
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True or false: People who stutter are not smart
False! Just because you stutter does NOT mean you aren't smart.
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What kind of stuttering is this: When you go to say a word but it gets stuck and no sound comes out for a long time
prolongation
block
repetition
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Pull-out (or sliding out)
Releasing tension in the moment to slide out of a moment of stuttering
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This part of our speech machine: is a muscle, helps bring air into our lungs, helps push air out of our lungs
diaphragm
brain
tongue
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What kind of stuttering is this: When you repeat sounds in words like, "w-w-w-water"
repetition
prolongation
block
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Explain this strategy: Cancellation
Pausing after a moment of stuttering happens, catching it, releasing the tension, and starting again
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What kind of stuttering is this: When a sound in a word gets stuck and the sound gets stretched out "I wannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnt to go home"
block
prolongation
repetition
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This part of our speech machine forms the sound from our vocal folds into different words
diaphram
brain
tongue, lips, teeth
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True or false: You need to use strategies and tools to control your stuttering
FALSE! We do NOT use strategies to stop stuttering. We use strategies to speak with less struggle and tension
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Explain this strategy: Preparatory set
When you feel a stutter coming, ease into the word by stretching the beginning of the word
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This part of our speech machine moves together and apart really fast, vibrates, and makes sound when we speak
lungs
lips, tongue, teeth
vocal folds
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What are some non-stuttering behaviors people who stutter might also do when they speak?
Blinking their eyes, making other noises, stomping their foot, looking away
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Explain this strategy: Bouncing
Gently bounce into a word instead of having tense repeitions
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Explain this strategy: Slow speech
Reduce your rate of speech (not talking fast)
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Name some characteristics of your stuttering
How do you stutter? What are some non-stuttering behaviors you do?
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