Fluency & Stuttering
Fluency refers to the continuity, smoothness, rate and effort in speech production. Dysfluency or stuttering is a speech disorder that involves a disruption to the flow of speech. Individuals who struggle with speech fluency knows what he/she would like to say, but is unable to produce the words smoothly. Dysfluent features of speech production include the following:
- Repetition of sounds, syllables or words
- Prolongation of sounds
- Interruptions or blocks
- Frequent use of fillers (“like” or “uh”)
Dysfluent speech may also be accompanied by struggle behaviors, such as rapid eye blinks or tremors of the lips.
Speech-Language Pathology Evaluation & Therapy
The University of Rochester Department of Speech Pathology does not offer fluency services at this time.
Referral Sources:
Services for fluency in the greater Rochester, NY area are provided by the following clinicians:
- Ms. Susan Cochrane, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-F
- Ms. Enid Hymes, M.S., CCC-SLP
- 70 Woodleaf Drive, Pittsford, NY
- Email: enb70@aol.com
- Phone: (585) 381-1521 or (585) 721-3437
- Ms. Angela Poskus, M.A., CCC-SLP
- Rochester Hearing & Speech Center
- 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY
- Email: aposkus@aol.com
- Website: www.rhsc.org
- Phone: (585) 271-0680
- Dr. Rosemary Lubinski, CCC-SLP
- University of Buffalo – Dept. of Communication & Sciences
- 30 Parkwood Drive, Amherst, NY
- Email: cdsrosie@buffalo.edu
- Phone: (716) 984-7548
Additional Information
The Stuttering Foundation: www.stutteringhelp.org
The American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA): https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/
National Institute for Deafness & Other Communication Disorders: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/stuttering