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What is Fluency?

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‘the effortless flow of speech’ (Guitar, 2014)

2
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What is Acquired Stammering?

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Characterised by an abnormally high frequency and/or duration of stoppages in the forward flow of speech
that could be linked to a significant event

3
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What is Developemental Stammering?

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Characterised by an abnormally high frequency and/or duration of stoppages in the forward flow of speech that an individual is born with.

4
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What is cluttering

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A fluency disorder characterized by a rate that is perceived to be abnormally rapid, irregular or both for the speaker

5
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What is selective mutism?

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A childhood anxiety disorder characterised by a child or adolescent’s inability to speak in one or more social settings, despite being about to speak comfortably in other settings.

6
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What is health?

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Physical, Mental and Social wellbeing

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What is mental health?

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‘clinically significant behavioural or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with present distress or disabilityor with a significantly increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom’. (See Stein et al 2010).

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What is DLD?

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A language disorder that is not associated with a known biomedical condition

9
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What is expressive language?

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The ability to express wants and needs

10
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What is receptive language?

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The ability to understand words and language

11
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What is dysphagia?

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an abnormality in the transfer of a bolus from the mouth to the stomach

12
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What is SSD?

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difficulties with producing speech segments in isolation, single words or connected speech, regardless of the origin of the difficulty