Fluent speech flows in a rhythmic, smooth and effortless manner. Disfluencies are
disruptions of fluent speech. It is normal to occasionally repeat a sound or word, pause …

Speech disfluencies are widespread in spontaneous verbal communication. According to
Adams, 1977 from a clinical perspective,“data on speech characteristics of young children …

The article discusses a study which examined clustering of disfluencies in the speech of
developing Kannada-speaking children aged from two to three. The study covered the …

In communication, the encoded speech should be fluent. Fluency refers to the continuous
and smooth flow of speech production (Starkweather and Ackerman, 1997). The present …

Interruptions or breaks in the normal flow of speech are termed as disfluencies, ie, disfluency
is anything that impedes the forward movement of speech. The preschool child is …