There is little or no overt or covert reaction to disfluency. Speech Production 1. Intermittent periods of disfluency. These periods can vary substantially in duration. Tendency to come and go.
Disfluency typically emerges after onset of connected speech.
Most will experience a period of fluent connected speech before disfluency emerges. No evidence of variation or cessation of air flow during speech. No evidence of variation or cessation of continuous movement during speech. Blending, sequencing, force, and speed generally appropriate during fluent episodes Cognition 1. No evidence that the child is aware of disfluencies 2.