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. 2012 Jul 1;6(4):927–937. doi: 10.1177/193229681200600426

Table 2.

Types of Disfluencies Inserted Under Quiet–Fluent Conditions

Type of disfluency Count Example/explanation
Fillers 13 Test, uh, your …, Needs to be, um …

False starts 5 When—when you plan your …

Stutters 14 T-t-test your …

Repairs 21 Next month—I mean—next week …

Long pause 1 2–3 s pause

Rapid speech 5 Spoken very quickly but clearly