Are word-final dysfluencies unusual?
Word-final dysfluencies are considered unusual, except perhaps in cases of palilalia (see question number six). In reports of developmental stuttering, neurogenic stuttering, and other atypical stuttering, word-final dysfluencies are seldom mentioned. Word-final dysfluencies may be under-reported at present. In pediatric cases that report outcomes, word final dysfluencies have been described as transitory or easily treated (Camarata, 1989; Mowrer, 1987; Rudmin, 1984). Because there seems to be little association with tension or struggle, word-final dysfluencies may often go unnoticed or unreported. If other types of dysfluency are present and heard as disruptive to speech, word-final dysfluencies may escape notice. We may not be in the habit of listening for word-final dysfluencies, so we may tend not to hear them.
