Vocalized pause
Term explanation • Category Communication
Definition and meaning
A vocalized pause means the pause when the silence between words is filled by the speaker with vocalizations like "um", "uh" and "er".
The blog post about notes in PowerPoint explains, among other things, how best to use notes during a presentation. This way you can avoid vocalised pauses.
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