Fluency Sample Analysis

(Sample begins at 1:40 and ends at 4:24 of video)

Words Syllables Utterance

9

16

Ive never really talked about it before so ex(----)plicitly.

BLOCK-1
I think that thats because Ive always lived in
hope that when I was a grown up (um) (I wou-I wou-I wou-)I wouldnt
INT-1
PWR-3
(uh) (ha-ha-)have one.
INT-1 PWR-2

21

26

58

72

I sort of live with this idea that when Im g(----)rown, Ill have learned to speak
BLOCK-1
FFFFFrench and when Im g-g-grown Ill learn how to manage my money and
PRO:1.7
PWR-2
when Im grown I wont have a stutter and then Ill be able to public speak and
maybe be the prime minister and anything is possible and you know.

17

21

16

23

10

14

12

18

17

19

So I can talk about it now because Ive reached this s-s-point where I mean Im
REV-1
28.
(Um) Im pretty sure that Im grown now.
INT-1
And Im an adult woman who spends her life as a p(----)erformer with a speech
BLOCK-1
impediment.
So I might as well come s-clean about it.
REV-1
There are some interesting angles to having a sssstutter.
PRO:1
For m-m-me the w-w-worst thing that can happen is m-m-meeting an-another
PWR-2
PWR- 2
PWR-2
PWR-1
sssstutterer.
PRO:1
(Um) this happened to me in Hamburg when this guy, we met and he said,
INT-1
Hello, m-m-m-my name is Joe, and I said, Oh hello, m-m-my name is Meg.

14

19

Imagine m-my horror when I realized he thought I was making f-fun of him.
PWR-1
PWR-1

13

20

(Um) people think Im drunk all the time.

INT-1
People think that Ive fffforgotten their name when I h-h-hesitate before saying
PRO: 1.2
PWR-2

it.
13

16

And it is a very weird thing because proper nouns are the worst.

54

68

27

34

If Im going to use the word W-w-w-wednesday in a sentence and Im coming

PWR-3
up to the word and I can feel that Im gonna sssstutter or something, I can
PRO: 0.5
change the word to tomorrow or the day after Tuesday or something else,
you know it-its clunky but you-you can get away with it.
PWR-1
WWR-1
(Um) because over time Ive developed this loop-hole m(----)ethod of using
INT-1
BLOCK-1
speech w-where right at the last minute you ch-change the thing and you trick
PWR-1
PWR-1
your brain.

Key/Totals:
BLOCK= block (4)
PWR= part word repetition (14)
WWR= whole word repetition (1)
INT= interjection (6)
REV = revision (2)
PRO= prolongation (5)
Words: 303 **Excluding both quotes from the story of meeting Joe
Syllables: 392

CORE DISFLUENCIES/SLD

Part-word Repetitions
14/303 = 4.6%
Dysrhythmic Phonation
Prolongations
5/303 = 1.6%
Broken Words
0/303 = 0%
Blocks
4/303 = 1.3%
Tense Pauses
0/303 = 0%
Whole-word Repetitions (>4 units)
0/303 = 0%
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Total SLD =
23/303 = 7.5%

ACCESSORY DISFLUENCIES/Other Disfluencies

Whole-word Repetitions (<3 units)
Phrase Repetitions
Interjections
Revisions
Unusual Pauses

1/303
0/303
6/303
2/303
0/303

=
=
=
=
=

.30%
0%
1.9%
.60%
0%

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Total Other Disfluencies =
9/303 = 2.9%
TOTAL DISFLUENCY

32/303

= 10.5%

Full sample

Ive never really talked about it before so ex(----)plicitly. I think that thats because Ive always lived in
hope that when I was a grown up (um) (I wou-I wou-I wou-)I wouldnt (uh) (ha-ha-)have one. I sort of
live with this idea that when Im g(----)rown, Ill have learned to speak FFFFFrench and when Im g-ggrown Ill learn how to manage my money and when Im grown I wont have a stutter and then Ill be
able to public speak and maybe be the prime minister and anything is possible and you know. So I can
talk about it now because Ive reached this-s-s point where I mean Im 28. (Um) Im pretty sure that Im
grown now. And Im an adult woman who spends her life as a p----erformer with a speech impediment.
So I might as well come s-clean about it. There are some interesting angles to having a sssstutter. For
m-m-me the wwworst thing that can happen is m-m-meeting an-another sssstutterer. (Um) this
happened to me in Hamburg when this guy, we met and he said, Hello, m-m-m-my name is Joe, and I
said, Oh hello, m-m-my name is Meg. Imagine m-my horror when I realized he thought I was making ffun of him. (Um) people think Im drunk all the time. People think that Ive fffforgotten their name
when I h-h-hesitate before saying it. And it is a very weird thing because proper nouns are the worst. If
Im going to use the word W-w-w-wednesday in a sentence and Im coming up to the word and I can
feel that Im gonna sssstutter or something, I can change the word to tomorrow or the day after
Tuesday or something else, you know its clunky but you-you can get away with it. (Um) because over
time Ive developed this loop-hole m-m----method of using speech w-where right at the last minute you
ch-change the thing and you trick your brain.