| Stuttering occurs in approximately 5% of children | | | | using drugs. |
| and 1% of adults worldwide. It is a disorder where | | | | Thousands of people out there have managed to |
| the sufferer repeats sounds, syllables or words, | | | | overcome this problem and you would not even |
| disrupting the normal flow of speech, so that he | | | | know that they used to suffer from this condition. |
| she can not be well understood. The disorder | | | | So, what can you do to get rid of this problem? |
| often starts when children begin to talk. Most | | | | - Reduce nervousness and anxiety: Don't think |
| children lose the stutter when their brains grow, | | | | too much before you speak, because this will only |
| but for some of them the problem remains. The | | | | make you more nervous and more likely to |
| current treatments include psychotherapy (to | | | | stutter. Anxiety is a major contributing factor to |
| reduce anxiety), speech therapy, breathing | | | | stammering. Children and adults with speech |
| exercises and electronic devices. | | | | disabilities are much more likely to develop an |
| This disorder has always been a medical mystery | | | | anxiety disorder compared to people who do not |
| that has been attributed to various causes, mainly | | | | stutter. It's very important to learn how to |
| psychological and emotional problems that create | | | | control physical anxiety and tension by using |
| nervousness and stress to the patient. Now U.S. | | | | certain relaxation techniques. All stutterers actually |
| researchers claim that there is a biological cause | | | | have the ability to talk fluently. In a relaxed, |
| behind this problem (at least for some people), | | | | low-stress state you can pronounce any word |
| and have discovered for the first time genetic | | | | fluently. I'm sure that even If you're stutterer, |
| mutations in three genes that are responsible for | | | | there have been some situations where you felt |
| stuttering in humans. Due to the fact that the | | | | completely relaxed and the problem simply went |
| brain regions involved with speech require highly | | | | away. |
| efficient metabolic systems, even the slightest | | | | - Don't try to speak too quickly: The funny thing |
| mistake in protein production (due to a genetic | | | | about stutterers is that that they are often |
| mutation) may result in stuttering, according to | | | | smarter than average. Their minds tend to work |
| research. The discovery links stuttering to | | | | too fast and their tongue simply can't catch up! |
| disorders in the body's metabolism and can lead | | | | This means that every time they make an |
| to new drug therapies. However it is estimated | | | | attempt to speak they can't find the appropriate |
| that only 9% of the cases are actually caused by | | | | words to express their thoughts. Slowing down |
| gene mutations, which means that most people | | | | the rhythm of your speech can enable you to |
| can actually treat this condition effectively without | | | | verbalize each word more effectively. |