disfluent
adjective
languagespecializeduk/dɪsˈfluː.ənt/us/dɪsˈfluː.ənt/notspeakingsmoothlyorcontinuously; having orproducingmanypausesorrepeatedwords orsounds:
Focusing too much onfluencycan make someonefeelmoreuncomfortableabouttalkingand make them more disfluent.
Sometherapistschoosenot totreatdisfluentspeechat all.
- Inyoungchildrenstutteringcomesacrossas being disfluent when infactit'snormal.
- A disfluentchildneedsto besurroundedbypeoplewho do notdrawattentionto hisspeechandencouragefreetalkingwith nopressure.
- Famous disfluentpeopleincludeWinston Churchill, whoneverthelesscapturedthe world'sattentionwith hisinspiringspeeches.
Speech impediments
- disfluency
- lisp
- non-verbal
- speech and language therapist
- speech and language therapy
- speech impediment
- stammer
- stammerer
- stammeringly
- stutter
- stutterer
- stuttering
- stutteringly