Instructions: Evaluate each category of Communication Pace using a five point perceptual rating scale. The ends of the scale reflect extremely slow pace ratings (1) and extremely fast pace ratings (5). A rating of 3 represents what you would observe in the "typical" nonstuttering speaker under normal communication conditions.

Name:____________________Speaking Task:________________Date:______________

Psychological Pace	Pace Rating Slow Fast 1 2 3 4 5	Description Psychological pace is the perception of how rapidly or slowly time is passing. It often is associated with how rapidly we are "thinking". Psychological pace is also associated with the feeling of "time pressure". What we perceive as time pressure is actually an increase in psychological pace, the feeling that time is passing so rapidly that we must increase the speed of what we're doing to keep up. Increase and decrease in emotional arousal are often perceived as increases and decrease in psychological pace.
Speech Movement Pace Breathing Transitions Begin Speaking Within Utterances Between Utterances Onset of Stuttering End of Stuttering Onset/Offset Abruptness Speech Onset Within Utterances Between Utterances Onset of Stuttering Offset of Stuttering	1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5	Speech movement pace refers to how abruptly we start and stop moveements as well as and how rapidly we move structures once they are started. Breathing pace is important in monitoring and shaping both psychological and movement pace. It can be measured as the degree of abruptness as we make the transitions from exhalation-to-inhalation and from inhalation-to-exhalation. These can be observed for each breath group when we begin speaking, and around pauses that occur within and between utterances. Onset/offset abruptness refers to how abruptly we begin and end movements. This can be felt not only in breating (breathing pace) but in all other speech movements as well, such as the vocal folds, lips, jaw, and tongue. As with breathing pace, the transitions between begining, ending, and reinitiating speech movements occur at the beginning of speech as well as around pauses that occur within and between utterances. Stuttering onset and offset refers to the degree of abruptness used to begin stuttered movements and end stuttered movements. In some cases, the abruptness of fluid movements will be more gradual than stuttered movements. The offset of stuttered movements is often abrupt, leasing to abrupt reinitiation of speech.
Speaking Rate (WPM)	1 2 3 4 5	Speaking rate refers to the segmental analysis of units produced over time. It is often measured in words/minute or syllables/minute. Speaking rate can often be an ambiguous measurement of communication and movement pace and should be interpreted caustiously.
Pause Times Between Utterances Between Speakers	1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5	Pause times refer to the duration of the silent interevals that occur between and utterances. Between-utterance pause times are the duration of pauses one speaker uses during continuous speech. Between-speaker pause times are the duration of pauses that occur between the end of an utterance of one speaker and the beginning of speech for a second speaker. Short between utterance and between speaker pause times is associated with the perception of rapid communication pace.
Non- Speech Movement Pace	1 2 3 4 5	Non-speech movement pace is the speed and abruptness of structures other than speech. These can be perceived and measured during both speech and non-speech activities. Increase in movement pace in non-speech strucutres is often associated with increase in speech pace.

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