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    CLUTTERING

    KUNNAMPALLIL GEJO JOHN, MASLP

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    Introduction

    Skills in the timing and integration of speech andlanguage functions are basic to the fluent outputof oral communication

    A great deal has been written about the fluencydisorder of stuttering. The fluency disorder ofcluttering however, has received only peripheralfocus.

    In America and British literature, relatively littleattention has been paid to it, beyond descriptionof typically hurried and often unintelligiblespeech pattern produced by this group ofspeakers

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    Froeschels, Freund, Luchsinger and Weiss have not onlyoutlined the disorder in detail but less fortunately,contrasted the cluttering and the stuttering in termsof personality and behavior in a way which takes noaccount of the wide Varity and complexity of factorsinvolved in stuttering and reduced all clutterers to astereotype

    The definition if cluttering adopted by the fluencydisorder division of the American speech language

    hearing association is: Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterized by rapid

    and/or irregular speaking rate, excessive disfluencies,and often other symptoms such as language orphonological errors and attention deficits

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    In the predawn darkness in which scientifically orientedspeech pathologists is now stumble, perhaps theconfusion (between stuttering and cluttering) is to beexpected though not to be tolerated indefinitely {VanRiper 1970}

    St.Louis and Hinzman (1986), presented a sampling ofreported symptoms from the literature on the syndromeof cluttering

    A syndrome is a constellation of symptoms which co-occur but which may or may not be manifested in agiven individual

    It was immediately clear from even a cursory review thatcluttering is not clear identifiable entity

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    Weiss 1964, Luchsinger and Arnold 1065,Wow 1970, Van Riper 1971, Dalton and

    Hardcastle 1977, Daly 1986 did a analysis,they found at least 65 different symptomsor descriptions of this disorder.

    Rapid sequences rates was reported by 5out of 6 authors and there by reflected thehighest level of agreement.

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    4 out of 5 authors reported articulatorysymptoms

    St. Louis Hinzman and Hull (1985),reported that lack of research in the areaof cluttering seriously hampered by the

    lack of an adequate definition Clinical management of cluttering has

    suffered from the same as well

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    At west Virginia University, recognized the needfor research designed to defined cluttering inempirical behavioral terms (St. Louis et al 1985)

    Their logic in attempting to develop such abehavioral definition was as follows First they assumed, as do most of the authors (e.g.

    Weiss 1964; Van Riper 1971, 1982), that clutteringexists, either in isolation or in conjunction withstuttering.

    Second, they assumed that cluttering is primarily aspeech and language disorder and such, it mostappropriately dealt with by speech languagepathologist

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    The speculative literature available indicates thatclutterers are most likely to be confused with stutterersand other speech and language problems such asmisarticulations, are quite common in the disorder

    Again, however, they recognized that otherprofessionals, such as learning disability or remedialspecialists, were likely to have considered researchinterest in clutterers as well, because impairment inareas such as attention, reading, or writing may result in

    greater problems for clutterer than speech or languagedifficulties

    Third, since they assumed the most appropriatebehavioral dimensions to be used in a definition shouldmainly consist of speech language characteristic

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    A working Definition of Cluttering

    NSHS (national Speech and HearingSurvey) working definition of cluttering is

    as follows Cluttering is a sp & lang disorder and its

    chief characteristicsAbnormal fluency which is not stuttering Rapid and irregular speech rate

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    Van Riper (1954) descried cluttering ascharacterized by slurred and omitted

    syllables, by improper phrasing andpauses, due to excessive speed

    Luchsinger (1970) says that repetition ofsyllables and word as the most importantfeature and remarks on an imperfection infinding words amongst these speaker and

    a striking monotomy of speech melody.

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    Weiss (1964) outline the speechsymptoms in greater detail. Excessive

    speed (tachylalia) has always beenconsidered the maintains

    Froeschels (1946) that they only speakrelatively too quick for their ability to findwords and formulate sentences

    Drawling and interjection are seen asresulting from this difficulty

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    The unintelligibility of the speech of manyclutters is caused by Ommissions of sounds, syllables and whole words

    Displacement of sounds

    Inversions of the order of sounds

    Anticipation of sounds

    Post position of sounds

    Repetition of initial sounds

    Telescoping of several syllable of a word many

    Many of features seem to be an exaggeration ofcoarticulation and elision of normal speech

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    All these articulatory deviations improvewhen speed is reduced and, indeed, many

    disappear altogether Weiss also noted the clutterers jerky

    respiration and short respiratory span and

    the monotony of the speech-melodypattern (presumably referring tointonation and pitch range)

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    Wohl (1970) described the prominentfeature and cluttering as festinating (i.e.

    becoming faster and faster as speechproceeds) which leads to elisionarticulation disorder of an erratic and

    unstructured type, omission andsubsequent spelling and writing errors.

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    Wessis heading lack of rhythm and musicalability and yet to admits to knowing cluttererswho, despite dysrhythmic speech have anexcellent sense of rhythm in other respect

    Although poor pitch and poor sense of melodyare often found with clutteringsome clutterershave a good sense of musical elements.

    Poor concentration and short attention span areclaimed as the basic symptomatic elements ofcluttering, but the evidence cites for this is slight

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    Liebmann (1900,1930) proposed 2 groups, one beingmotor in form and having lack of attention to kinestheticand somato-motor performance as its basis, while the

    second was said to be receptive in nature, with thedisorders of audition, and attention predominating

    Froesches (1946) was one of the earliest to relatecluttering to a disturbance of thinking. He described thesequence of preparatory steps before a phrase or

    sentence is uttered. There is a psychic urge or attitudetoward expressive a thought

    This is followed by a planning of the sequences andchoice of words to be expressed

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    SYMPTOMS

    REPETITION EXCESSIVE SPEED DRAWING & INTERJENCTION VOWEL STOP ARTICULATION AND MOTOR

    DIASABILITY RESPIRATION MONOTONY LACK OF RHYTHEM AND

    MUSICAL ABILITY CONCENTRATION AND

    ATTENTION POORLY INTEGRATED

    THOUGHT PROCESS

    INNER LANGUAGE READING DISORDER WRITING DISORDER GRAMMATICAL DIFFICULTIES UNAWARENESS OF

    SYMPTOMS RESTLESSNESS AND

    HYPERACTIVITY DELAYED SPEECHAND

    LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ELECTROENCEPHLOGRAPHIC

    FINDINGS HEREDITY PSYCHOLOGY OF CLUTTERER

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    REPETITION

    Repetition of one syllable words or thefirst syllable of polysyllabic words is an

    important symptoms of cluttering In normal or clutterers speech is a sign

    that the speaker is uncertain of the wordor phrase to follow

    The speech motor are idling while thebusiness of speaking continues withoutbeing filed by words

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    Repetition is common especially in the childrenbetween the ages 2-5yrs

    During these yrs substance of what the child

    whishes to communicate is too complex forexpression in his limited vocabulary

    The rate of speed of clutters repetition is theexact syllabic speed of his non repetitive (or

    free-following) speech This is also true of the repetition of normals

    under stress and is an important factor indifferential diagnosis

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    The clutters characteristic unawareness of hisspeech deviation accounts for his continuing to

    make syllabic noise (repetition of syllables)instead of stopping the speech process while hedecides on the words follow

    Children who are unaware of the fact they

    repeat will have same but when they are awareand tries to correct it, the rate becomes slower(Froeschels 1975)

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    EXCESSIVE SPEED

    Excessive speed was considered the mostsignificant symptom of cluttering, and someinvestigators even considered it the basicelement

    However normals speech too speed but withperfect order and articulation

    And there are some clutters who speak at thenormal rate

    Therefore excessive speed must be ruled out asthe one of the primary indicator of cluttering

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    In cluttering, on the other hand when there isexcessive speed it is accomplished by poorformulation and delivery, and is therefore anindicator that the speech mechanism cannotcope with its function of communication

    A clutterer will sometimes begin polysyllabicwords at an acceptable rate, but his speedincreases as he progress, resulting in a

    telescoping of the word

    He apparently has an global impression of aword and hence pronounces it in a single spurt.

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    He spells as he pronounces, omitting thesame letters.

    This is also occurs in some speechdisorders that are a result of brain lesions(e.g. postencephalitic speech).

    Seeman called it interverbal acceleration Luchsinger added the concept of

    intraverbal acceleration in cluttering

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    Gerstmann and Schilder and Seeman attemptedto localize the anatomical site of this speed drive

    and concluded that it is in the striopallidarsystem, especially in encephalities, but there areno available histological findings at this time forclutterers.

    The hereditary factor in typically cluttering,however it is not anticipated that structuralchanges in the brain will found to causeexcessive speed.

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    DRAWING & INTERJENCTION

    The clutterers inability to find the words he need insufficient time to maintain a smooth flow of speechcauses him to prolong vowels, most often at the ends ofwords

    When they prolong a vowel at beginning of a word, theyare in the process of searching for the next word beforecompleting verbalization of the word they have begun

    This is consistent with the clutterers over acceleration ofspeech and disharmony of reading and verbalization

    rates when reading aloud He reads much faster than he verbalizes The clutterers complains that they often seemed to be a

    head of themselves

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    The frantic quest for the next word also causesclutters to interject single vowels as ah,consonant such as mm, articulatorycombinations often than ahem, and words suchas well and you know more often than normalspeakers

    Clutterers some times prolongs the interjections(ah or mm) and remains unaware of theirpresence in his speech although his listeners findthem utterly tire some

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    VOWEL STOP Vowel stop consist of a stop before pronunciation of the

    initial vowel with the mouth open as if frightened.

    Liebmann considers it a decisive symptom in thedifferential diagnosis.

    It is especially common at the beginning of a newphrase or sentence

    Blocking on the initial vowel exists among stammers butit is not a common occurrence

    The essential difference between the stammerersspasmodic blocking and the clutterers simple vowel stopis the fact that the clutterer is that unaware of hesitationand consequently does not develop a fearful attitudetoward the sound

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    ARTICULATION AND MOTORDIASABILITY

    Every investigator has noted the clutterers poorarticulation

    Alber Liebmann specifies these deviations as:

    Omission of sounds, syllables and whole words

    (ellipsis)

    Displacement of sounds (heterotopy)

    Inversion of the order of sounds (metathesis)

    Anticipation of sounds

    Post position of sounds

    Repetition of initial sounds and

    Telescoping of several syllables of a word

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    Liebmann says that these deviationsimproves when speed is reduced, where

    as articulation is normal speech does notchange as a function of speed

    Seeman & Novak tested the articulatory

    ability of 52 clutterers and 52 individualswhose speech was normal. Age genderand intelligence were held consonant

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    The test consisted of quick repetition of syllablespah and tah.

    The performance of the youngest subjects (ages

    7-11) in each group did not differ Clutterers overage 11 performed better than

    normals over age 11 The investigator concluded that poor motor skill

    is not the cause of poor articulation in cluttering,a conclusion which seems a but toocomprehension for the simple experimentaldesign

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    RESPIRATION

    Arnold says that respiratory dysrhythmia is thecause for the clutterers jerky and explosive

    speech Froeschels reported that before we speak we

    automatically inhale an amount of air sufficientfor the length of sentences or phrase that we

    intend to pronounce Clutterers attempt only short phrases and hence

    must inhale more frequently

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    MONOTONY

    Many therapists have recommended on themonotony and uniformity of the clutterersspeech melody pattern

    Scripture was the original investigator whoreported on the caquse of this monotony, first inepileptics and then in stammerers

    He concluded that monotony of speech melodyis related primarily to lack of musical sense

    Arnold, Pearson, roman-Goldziener concurred

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    Analysis of the clutterers speech melody andexamination of their speech curves by Arnold and byLuchsinger and Dubois indicated that in fact they doesnot lack variability in pitch.

    There is a short melodic pattern confined to a range ofonly several notes of the scale

    This pattern repeated continually

    The clutterers speech, therefore, is not characterized by

    monotony in the strict sense of the word (one tone), butby continual repetition of short melodic pattern

    It is stereotype but not monotony in the sense ofunchanging pitch

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    Since lack of musicality does not account for lackof melodic variation in all clutterers

    D.A.Weiss investigated the possibility ofpsychological basis for this monotony

    He found that clutterers thoughts progressivelyproceed by clusters of 2-3 words at a time

    where as thought of normals speakersapparently proceed by whole phrases orsentences

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    LACK OF RHYTHEM AND MUSICALABILITY

    Lack of rhythm in speech is one of themost readily noticable symptoms ofcluttering

    The majority of the clutterers havedifficulty both in perciving andreproducing rhythmic

    However, there are clutterer with excellentsense of rhythm and dysrhythymic speech

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    G.Arnold believes that dysrhythmia is onlya part of what he calls the clutterers

    congenital amusia Poor pitch and poor sense of melody are

    often found with cluttering

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    CONCENTRATIONM AND

    ATTENTION SPAN Poor attention and concentration are the

    basic symptomatic elements of cluttering

    (Hermann, Gutzmann)Attention span appears to be a function of

    concentration and together they constitute

    the basis of other symptoms of clutteringsuch as reading and writing disordersbecause of this their memory is severely

    limited

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    Attention span in verbal performance canbe measure by ascertaining how many of

    a series of meaningless syllables a patientis able to repeat correctly after examinerhas pronounced them

    POORLY INTEGRATED THOUGHT

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    POORLY INTEGRATED THOUGHTPROCESS

    Thinking too quickly

    Thinking too slowly

    Unorganized thinking

    Inner language

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    Thinking too quickly

    The supposition that a clutterer thinks faster than heis able to speak

    Interpreting clutterer who has reached an articulatorydead end because of what appears to be an attemptto speak as quickly as he is thinking, and ask him tostate his thought slowly and clearly find that he is still

    unable to proceed with facility

    Either he has no clear thought to express, or he hasseveral indefinite and amorphous ideas

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    There fore it is not so much an accumulationof thoughts that speeds him on, but vague

    and tentative ideas Froschels calls them thought that are unripe

    for speech

    These germs of thought occur to the

    clutterer and he is driven to express theminstantaneously

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    Thinking too slowly If thought in preparation for verbal communication is conceived

    of as an orderly process of clarifying ideas, then clutterers thinktoo slowly for a normal speed of speech

    In addition to the pause in search of concrete thought forexpression there are gaps while the clutterer search for aparticular word.

    His limited knowledge of grammar also slow his thinking lack ofaccentuation leaves long words without integration, and thesewords are then misaccented, mispronounced, misspelled, and

    often even misunderstood by the clutterer himself The tachylalia rapidity of verbal utterance manifested by many

    clutterers worsen the effect of slow preparatory thought, oftenreddening speech grotesque

    As a result an intelligent clutterer may appear considerablyunintelligent then he actually is

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    Unorganized thinking Poor intergrated and incomplete thought

    process, rather than the rate of speed ofthought, is a factor in cluttering.

    The clutterers haphazard and tentativethinking in perception for speech reflects his

    general approach to all understanding This is the basic characteristic of cluttering

    and hence one of the prime target of therapy

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    Inner language In normal speech, verbalization does not seem to take place

    until the speaker has a clear thought to express, he can inhalethe necessary amount of breath to pronounce the length of the

    sentence he intends to speak Thus the normal speaker does not run out of breath, nor is he

    left notes with an excess of breath The clutterer speech lacks this inner harmony one of the basic

    characteristic of cluttering is a lack of clarity of inner formulationand as a result delivery is hackneyed haphazard, and studded

    with moment when the clutterer seems to lose the thread ofthought completely or forget what he said or the next word tobe spoken

    Normal speech reflect inner order and cluttering in the minor ofinner disorder

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    In performing a highly skilled movement theindividual generally recalls his previousexecution of the same movement, and this is

    dependent upon kinesthetic sense There is also a purely motor type of fluctuating

    in which movements are performedautomatically, without recall or imagination of

    past performance The clutterers speech process however, is rather

    automatic performance

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    Clutterers seem to need to exert mental effort even toformulate the idea of the sentence they are about toverbalize, where as normals apparently perform thisinner formulation without conscious effort, as a functionof their predominant type of imagery

    Even the most intelligent clutterers are apt to remarkspontaneously that they are often surprised bysomething they say, being unaware of havingentertained the thought before saying it speech

    performed without the stabilizing effect rendered byprevious imagery of the act can be called abstractaction, as opposed to concrete action in which imageryis involved

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    REDING DISORDERS

    One of the characteristic symptoms ofcluttering is reading disability

    Virtually all clutterers manifest a reading

    problem The dyslexia of the clutterer may apper at

    all age levels

    In young clutterers, poor reading is aresult of having learned to guess at thetext

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    Speaking problems in reading and writing may persistthrough and beyond the highest grade of schoolattended

    This is closely related to the clutters lack of attentionand result in his ignorance of many words with highfrequency usage scores

    The clutterer, as a rule, does not actually read he skips When he reads we may observe him trying to glimpse

    the end of the sentence before he has reached themiddle, or looking back at the beginning because he haslost trend of thought

    The quality of the usual dyslectics reading the cluttererusually does not fulfill his reading potential

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    WRITING DISORDER

    The clutterers had writing is a characteristic ofhis generally reduced motor skill, his ratherformless imagination, and his disregard for the

    reader Occasionally repetitions of his speech is seen in

    writing as well

    Klara Roman-Goldzieher discussrs the generalcharacteristic of the clutterers handwritingrepetitiveness, frequent transposition oromissions of letters and frequent revisions

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    The clutterer is capable of much betterperformance when he focuses hisattention upon the task

    The most complete and lucid discussion ofthis problem, together with the result ofpsychological tests

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    GRAMMATICAL DIFFICULTIES

    The clutterers spoken grammar is alsonotoriously poor

    Throughout his speech there are minor

    deviations such as confusion of he andshe and the use of the singular when theplural is indicated

    There is often total confusion in thestructure of long sentences

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    The clutterer attention span is so short and hisconcentration so weak than he often gives theimpression that his hearing is impaired, or he is

    day dreaming, or even that he has a basicdisorder of perception

    Clutterer may forget how he started and so thegrammatical structure of his sentence suffer

    The rather fuzzy thinking of the clutterer lead toa less than satisfactory structuring of hissentences

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    UNAWARENESS OFSYMPTOMS

    The typical clutterer is of his speech disorderand may even react with surprise when hisattention is brought to the problem

    The clutterers unawareness of his speech

    difficulty is a specific case of his speech difficultyis a specific case of his general lack of selfawareness

    Speech as in action, the clutterer proceeds with

    sudden impulsive spurts, uncontrolled by thesmoothing influence of modicum of selfawareness or an appreciation of the needs ofother

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    Libermann suggested delimiting asubgroup of clutterers based on

    perceptual difficulties Froeschels suspected sensory aphasia in

    some cluttering children

    Arnold considers the poor perception asevere aphasia like symptom which hecallsperceptual dysgnosia

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    RESTLESSNESS ANDHYPERACTIVITY

    The typical clutterer fidgets by day andrestless even while sleeping according toSeeman

    Clutterers seems to be alert and interestedin his surroundings, but a short time only,since his focus of interest changescontinually

    During interview they are apt to squirm intheir chair, occasionally assuming addpositions, to play with objects on the desk

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    There are many cases of proven lesions ofthe basal ganglia with restlessness of sort

    The Seeman school assumes thatsubmicroscopical lesion in this area thecause of the clutterers hyperactivity

    The clutterers is not aware of hisrestlessness, but if it is brought to hisattention, he will exert effort to control it

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    DELAYED SPEECH DEVELOPMENT In many of the clutterers families it was foundthat they begun to speak rather late This has consider to be the constitutional

    weakness of there speech disposition

    A late start in speaking does not necessarily leadto cluttering There are factors of maturation involve in the

    development of cluttering Most of the clutterers start speaking late but they

    ultimately develop satisfactory speech There are no indications that minimal and discrete

    lesions are involved in cluttering

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    ELECTROENCPHALOGRAPHICFINDINGS

    In 1951 Luchsinger and Landolt were first toattempt determination of the speech pathologyof clutterers by electroencepholographicexamination

    They found abnormalities in almost 100% oftheir cluttering sample

    They found that more irregularities in the EGG

    recording in clutterers than in stutterers than innormals

    The significance of these recordings are stillquestionable

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    HEREDITY

    It was found that heredity is a basicfactor in cluttering

    Reasons Only small 5 of clutterers

    Cluttering has not been included in manystatistical analysis

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    PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CLUTTERER

    Klencke charecterizes clutterers ascarefree, careless, and lacking inpersistence and sense of responsibility

    Pleasant temperament Lifes problem very seriously

    Alas

    Short attention span

    Overactive

    Change their mind frequently

    Child like behavior reactions

    Th li f h l

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    The personality of the clutterer

    Pure stutterers Pure clutterers Stutterer-Clutterer

    Timed

    Restricted

    Regressed

    Introspective

    Compulsive

    Over inhibited

    Hesitant

    Retarded

    Aggressive

    Expansive

    Extroverted

    Impulsive

    Uncontrolled

    Hasty

    Over productive

    Mixedpersonalities

    containingfeatures of bothprecedingcategories

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    Wiss generalized typical differences

    between clutterers and stutterersCluttering Stuttering

    Awareness of disorder

    Speaking under stress

    In relaxed position

    Calling attention to speech

    Speaking after interruption

    Short answer

    Foreign language

    Reading well known text

    Absent

    Better

    Worse

    Better

    Better

    Better

    Better

    Worse

    Present

    Worse

    Better

    Worse

    Worse

    Worse

    Worse

    Better

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    Reading unknown text

    Hand writing

    Attitude toward own speech

    Psychological attitude

    Goal of therapy

    Better

    Hasty,

    repetitionuninhibited

    CarelessOutgoing

    Directingattentiontospeech

    Worse

    Contracted, forced,inhibited

    FearfulRatherwithdrawn

    Directingattentionfrom

    details

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    ASSESSMENT OF CLUTTERING

    Several principals are held to be particularlyhelpful in the assessment of clutterers

    They should be assed for entire communicationsystem including language, rate, articulation and

    fluency Need to assess the nature of the reaction

    between the various component ofcommunication system

    Since some clutterers may also exhibitperceptual motor and learning difficultiesassessment should be broadly based to includeneuro psychological testing

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    Strategies for assessment

    Language sample and formal testingAnalysis of language sample should seek to

    answer a number of question regarding aspectsof the clients fluency, language, rate and

    articulation There should be notations regarding non verbal

    speech behavior

    Based on the information from the language

    sample, the clinician select assessment toolswhich provided a more structured andstandardized mean of evaluation

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    Standardized test serve one or more of thefollowing purposes

    To obtain, norm reference measure of the variousaspects of speech and language which appear to be

    disorder

    To compare and contrast the fluency, articulation,rate and language observed in naturalistic vs. formalsituation

    To examine in a more controlled and focused way thebehavior judged to be anomalous based onnaturalistic language sample

    S di i i id

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    Some diagnostic questions to consider

    Selected diagnostic questions will beorganized around the major componentsof speech and language system, eachquery attempts to tap a component from a

    slightly different point to extract additionalinsight regarding therapy implication

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    Fluency

    Rate and rhythm

    Articulation

    Language

    Neuropsychological testing

    Self awareness

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    Case history and interview

    Some important information can beextracted from the case history andinterview with the client and family

    Other members of the family have speech andlanguage problem similar to those of theclient

    Interaction between client and family

    members how is it home, working, schoolAttempt to compensate for the problem

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    Dalys checklist for possible cluttering

    Rating from 0-3

    It consists of 33 questions

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    Analysis

    Speaking rate in terms of syllables per min

    They speak 10-15% above the normal This analysis should be among the

    articulation, fluency, rate and melody

    Diff ti l di i b t

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    Differential diagnosis between

    cluttering and stuttering

    Cluttering StutteringClient is unaware of dysfluencies Aware

    Fluent when concentrate onfluency Less fluent

    Spontaneous speech less fluent More fluent

    Strangers more fluent Less

    Verbalization are less difficult tocontrol

    More difficult to control

    Hereditary Psychological or functional

    Fear of specific sound or situationis not present

    Present

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    Relaxed situation moreproblem

    Less

    Prognosis is better never

    relaps

    Prognosis is better but relaps

    Occurs only at childhood At childhood or adult

    By taking chloropromazine

    drug speech will be better

    Becomes worst

    EGG deviated pattern EGG normal

    M t f l tt i

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    Management of cluttering Speech rate modification

    DAF Increasing client awareness Video tape play back Audio tape Vibro Tactile feed back Cognitive training Letter reading Accent ration Rhythmic tapping Story creativity

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    Journal articles

    An examination of various aspects ofauditory processing in clutterers

    LAWRENCE F.MOLTAim of the study

    The present study examined various aspects

    of auditory processing ability, utilizing a briefCAP test battery and auditory event relatedpotentials

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    Subjects 3normals and 3 clutterers

    Results CAP:

    All the 3 control group performed with in normal limits

    All the 3 clutterers performed below normal establishedcriteria

    AEP:Abnormal AEP morphology was noted for all 3 clutteringsubjects an absence of N1 and P2components andlengthening of P3 latency

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    Neurogenic cluttering

    Language Auditory comprehension 57/60

    Repetition 92/100

    Articulation 60% for single 18%for sentences

    Fluency

    Self monitoring skills

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