dysfluency
dysfluent
[dis-floo´ent]disfluency
Speech that exhibits deviations in continuity, fluidity, ease of rate and effort, with hesitations or repetition of sounds, words, or phrases; lack of skillfulness in speech. Disfluency is normal in pre-school language development. In later years, it can be due to congenital conditions such as Down’s syndrome, or acquired—either early, as in stuttering, or late, as may occur in Parkinson’s disease.dysfluency
Neurology A speech rhythm disorder–eg, stuttering, often characterized by the repetition of a sound, word, or phrase. See Speech disorder.dys·flu·en·cy
, disfluency (dis-flū'ĕn-sē)See: stuttering
Synonym(s): nonfluency.