Speech disfluency analysis in malyalam speaking radio jockeys

For adult speakers most important aim is effective communication and even their ventures and occupation is dependent on it. In India, studies have been done in describing early speech disfluencies and the data provided by them are diversified and mostly concentrated on children. No much studies are done regarding the disfluency patterns of adult speaker. Only if we get a clear picture about the disfluencies, we will be able to determine the acceptable normal disfluency and unacceptable abnormal dysfluencies speech of an adult speaker. Radio jockeys whose job being depended highly on their communication effectiveness, this study aims at providing descriptive information on the fluency characteristics of radio jockeys. Hence this study might provide a clear picture on how to categorize the disfluencies of spontaneous speech in non stutterering adult speakers.