Fluency
Fluency is the smoothness or flow of sounds, syllables, and words in connected speech. Disfluency can be referred to as "stuttering." A typical disfluency rate for average speakers is 5%.
How do you test Fluency?
Two speech samples are taken, usually a few weeks apart at different times of day. Those samples are analyzed for the number and types of disfluencies. A standardized test may be used. An observation is completed, and the student's parent, teacher, and/or caregiver may be interviewed.
What does "Qualify" mean?
To receive services through the school, your child needs to initially meet State eligibility criteria. For Minnesota, the Speech Clinician and another adult need to find the child's fluency interferes with communication and the disfluency can not be the result of the influence of a foreign language. The child needs to demonstrate greater than 5% disfluency on two speech samples.
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Voice
A voice disorder applies to the abnormal pitch, loudness, or quality of sound produced. One may exhibit hoarseness, shortness of breath, a decrease in pitch or range, or deterioration of the voice as the day goes on.
How do you test Voice?
After consultation with parents and teachers, a medical history is taken. Perceptual voice judgments are made and results are applied to a voice evaluation profile. This is complete twice, on two separate occasions, at least two weeks apart at different times of day.
What does "Qualify" mean?
To receive services through the school, your child needs to initially meet State eligibility criteria. For Minnesota, the Speech Clinician and another adult need to find the child's voice interferes with communication and the voice concern can not be the result of the influence of a foreign language. The student must also achieve a moderate to severe vocal severity rating on a voice evaluation profile administered on two separate occasions, two weeks apart, at different times of the day.