SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS OF FLUENCY:
FLUENCY INDEX AND SPEAKING RATE
(Developed by Douglas E. Cross, 1996)

 

Name:_______________________ Age:_______ Date: __________Context:____________________

Disfuency Type

Disfluency Count

TWD

% by Type

 

 

 

REPETITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Phrase

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Word

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Sound

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PROLONGATIONS

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Consonant

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Vowel

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FILLED PAUSES

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Normal

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Avoidance

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BROKEN PHONATION

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SILENT BLOCKAGE

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Laryngeal

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Other

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REVISIONS/FALSE STARTS

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TOTAL =

SUMMARY

Fluency Index

Duration of Disfluency

Words Attempted ______

Range: (min - max) ______

Words Disfluent ______

Most typical <1, 1-2, 2-5, 5-10, >10

Percent Disfluent ______

Speaking Rate (Fluent Utterances)

Total Words Spoken (TWS) _______

Speaking Rate (WPM) = (TWS / ST) X 60 _______

Speaking Time in Sec. (ST) ______

This page maintained by: Douglas Cross (Cross@Ithaca.edu)
Last modified: April 24, 1997