disfluency
noun
languagespecializeduk/dɪsˈfluː.ən.si/us/dɪsˈfluː.ən.si/[U]
thequalityinspeechof not beingsmoothandcontinuous, forexamplebycontainingpausesorrepeatedwords orsounds:
Theseextractsshow howcommondisfluency andunfinishedsentencesare in thespeechof bothsexes.
Mostspeechpathologistsagreethat some disfluency isquitenormalinchildrenaround 2 to 3yearsold.
[C]
something such as apauseorrepeatedword orsoundthatmeanssomeone'sspeechis notsmoothandcontinuous:
Disfluencies such as "um", repetitions, andfalsestartscancauseproblemsinspeechrecognitionsoftware.
- Someindividualsmay have apredispositionfor disfluency.
- People whostuttercangainsomecontrolovertheirdisfluency by usingspeechmanagementskills.
- Heconcludesthat disfluency isnormaland thattryingtocommunicatewithout disfluencies may be moredistractingthan it'sworth.
- About 5 to 8percentof the wordsnormalspeakerssay eachdayinvolvedisfluencies.
Speech impediments
- disfluent
- lisp
- non-verbal
- speech and language therapist
- speech and language therapy
- speech impediment
- stammer
- stammerer
- stammeringly
- stutter
- stutterer
- stuttering
- stutteringly