We have all experienced stuttering in one form or another. The nervous anxiety we feel before giving a presentation, getting ready for your first big interview, or even just a simple phone call can trigger the onset of stuttering. Stuttering, stammering, or childhood onset fluency disorder is a speech disorder that disrupts the normal flow of speech. A normal flow of speech includes seamless continuity, sound rate of speech, overall rhythm, and how much effort it takes for one to talk. A disruption in any one or more of those, points to a speech disorder. More than 3 million people have been diagnosed with chronic stuttering (Barber, n.d.). People who stutter have no trouble in knowing what they want to say, but the problem lies in executing
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It was once widely accepted that parenting styles, namely neglectful ones, resulted in stuttering. Now the Children’s Hospital in Westmead, Australia says this is not the case. Many myths exist that try to explain the cause. Therapists from the Stuttering Foundation hope to dispel some of those once widely held beliefs about stuttering. For one, speech disfluencies cannot be “caught” by observing and mirroring the behavior of someone who stutters. Additionally, stress does not act as a cause for the disorder, but it can certainly aggravate it (Hood, 2008). Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute also say that stuttering is not linked to any developmental problems. In their study, preschoolers who stutter tend to have above average language skills and are testing out both languages (Paddock, 2013). Additionally, there are some who claim that stuttering stems from the child’s environment and that traumatic events trigger symptoms such as anxiety and stuttering. Although these complex factors have not and cannot be ruled out, there have been break through studies conducted that suggest children may be predisposed to stuttering even in the womb. While environmental factors seem to exacerbate the condition, genetics and heredity seem to be the underlying cause of
It was once widely accepted that parenting styles, namely neglectful ones, resulted in stuttering. Now the Children’s Hospital in Westmead, Australia says this is not the case. Many myths exist that try to explain the cause. Therapists from the Stuttering Foundation hope to dispel some of those once widely held beliefs about stuttering. For one, speech disfluencies cannot be “caught” by observing and mirroring the behavior of someone who stutters. Additionally, stress does not act as a cause for the disorder, but it can certainly aggravate it (Hood, 2008). Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute also say that stuttering is not linked to any developmental problems. In their study, preschoolers who stutter tend to have above average language skills and are testing out both languages (Paddock, 2013). Additionally, there are some who claim that stuttering stems from the child’s environment and that traumatic events trigger symptoms such as anxiety and stuttering. Although these complex factors have not and cannot be ruled out, there have been break through studies conducted that suggest children may be predisposed to stuttering even in the womb. While environmental factors seem to exacerbate the condition, genetics and heredity seem to be the underlying cause of