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| Speech disorders affect millions of people | | | | approx 5% of children will stutter at some point in |
| worldwide, and in particular stuttering still remains | | | | their childhood, lasting from a few weeks to |
| an enigma today. Stuttering has been on medical | | | | sometimes years. Boys are twice as likely to |
| records for centuries and yet there are still many | | | | have a stammer over girls but only 1% carry it in |
| unanswered questions about it. Stuttering | | | | adulthood. |
| prevents a personal from having a flowing speech | | | | Perhaps the most debilitating aspect of this |
| pattern, they may get stuck on certain words, | | | | disorder is the anxiety that surrounds stuttering. |
| repeat them over and over again and prolong | | | | Stuttering may cause situational fears, sound and |
| syllables repeatedly, and even stop short in a | | | | word fears, tension, anxiety and a general feeling |
| sentence. It can also be accompanied by unusual | | | | of being "out of control" during speech. If a |
| jerky body movements. | | | | person encounters a stressful situation or |
| Current thinking suggests there are four primary | | | | conversation, the likelihood of stuttering increases. |
| causes of stuttering. The first is genetic, whereby | | | | While there is no known cure for stuttering, it can |
| stuttering can be traced back to other members | | | | be largely overcome, if not entirely eradicated. |
| of the family. Secondly, stuttering can be an early | | | | There are various methods of treatment including |
| developmental problem in which a childs' speech | | | | speech therapy, self-therapy, support groups, |
| and language patterns do not meet his verbal | | | | fluency shaping therapy or even medication that |
| demands. A third cause is neurophysiologic | | | | can be employed to treat the condition. |
| whereby the signals between an individuals brain | | | | Whichever methods an individual chooses to |
| and the muscles and nerves that control speech | | | | employ, it is important to realize that stuttering |
| don't function properly. Academic and unrealistic | | | | need not be a lifelong debilitating burden. With |
| education aspirations from parents can push a | | | | proper treatment and therapy, people who |
| child into devolving a stammer. | | | | stutter can reduce anxiety, gain confidence in |
| It had been previously thought that psychogenic | | | | speaking and lead rich, fulfilling lives. |
| stuttering can occur after the tragic death of a | | | | If you have a strong need to stop stuttering you |
| loved one or after a traumatic injury. But recent | | | | can have a look at the techniques listed on my |
| research has shown cases of psychogenic | | | | website. There are many early childhood |
| stuttering to be quite rare. | | | | stuttering treatments that you can take to help |
| Developmental stuttering is the most common | | | | you deal with the situation. |
| form of stuttering. It occurs when young children | | | | |