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Pause Duration in Typical Speaking Malayalam Children

Kevin Sabu, MASLP, Dr. Satish Kumaraswamy, and Ferly Felix, MASLP

Introduction

Speech as a complex highly skilled motor act of which the complexity and stabilization will continue to adolescent years. It comprises three components that are voice, articulation and fluency. (Kent, 1976)

Speech is the expression of ideas and thoughts by means of articulate vocal sounds or the faculty of thus expressing ideas and thoughts. //http.wikipedia.com//

Fluency according to ordinary usage, is the ability to speak a second language rapidly and continuously and without any effort or thought. The term fluency is derived from the Latin for “fluere” describes what the listener perceives when listening to someone who is truly adopted at producing speech.

American Speech and Hearing (ASHA, 1999) Special Interest Division (SID) 4 defined Disfluency as Speech that exhibits deviations in Continuity, smoothness and ease of rate and effort.

Speaking Fluency is also an important component of communication competence because the ability of Speaking fluently can help the speaker to produce continuous speech without comprehension difficulties for the listener and to maintain the communicative ideas. Disruptions in the forward flow of speech may consist of: Repetitions: repeating of a syllable, sound, word, or phrase (e.g., “li-li-li-like this”).

Prolongations: holding onto a sound for an extended period of time (e.g., ”llllike this”).
Blocks: no sound is produced then a “burst” of tension is released when the speaker if able to vocalize (e.g., “----like this”).
Interjections: extra words (e.g., “um,uh,like”).
Revisions: Speech is revised during and utterance (e.g., “I have to go…I need to go to the store”).

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Kevin Sabu, MASLP
Dr. Satish Kumaraswamy
Ferly Felix, MASLP

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