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Symptoms of Stammering
- Involuntary repetition of syllables, especially when starting words
- Concomitant symptoms may include eye blinks, facial grimacing, jerking of the head, arm waving and so on
- Emotional struggle when stammering
Population prevalence of stammering
1% population prevalence of stammering with at least a 50% higher prevalence in males.
2–4% of people develop a stammer in childhood, many recover naturally in early adulthood.
Stammering is classified as:
a developmental speech disorderan anxiety disordera neurological deficit disordera learning disorder.
treatment for stammering should
focus primarily on:
reducing stammering symptoms and the
socially based anxiety linked to speaking
reducing stammering alone
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