postr/StutterSeptember 23, 2024

Results of survey: are you fluent when speaking alone?

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Results of survey: are you fluent when speaking alone? Hi, thanks to all who participated in my little informal survey about fluency when speaking alone. I post the results below. Remember that the metric is: 1 = completely fluent 2 = much more fluent when alone, but not perfect 3 = slightly more fluent when alone 4 = about the same 5 = worse fluency when alone than in presence of people A number of responses gave a range, e.g. "1-2". I gave those responses an x-value of 1.5 in the plot. Generally, this plot confirms research that goes back to the 1930's: most PWS are considerably more fluent when speaking alone. I find this fact truly remarkable. Remember that Prof. Jackson et al. found near-perfect fluency (7 possible disfluencies out of 10,000 syllables spoken) when the researchers went to great lengths to convince 24 PWS that their speech was not being heard or recorded (Journal of Fluency Disorders 2021). https://preview.redd.it/tej96dtzkjqd1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=4fc9cbb27503385ffcdba572561c1587077a520d

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySpeech & Stuttering

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Experiential AssociationSituational VariabilityLoss of Control