Consequences Of Stuttering

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\Studies have shown individuals that struggle with stuttering will have an increase of social anxiety and a poor quality of life. For example, children and adolescents that stutter will often feel neglected from their peers, experience bullying and have a poor academic performance. (Blood et al., 2011, Davis et al., 2002 and Hearne et al., 2008) Adults who stutter will have low self-esteem, poor education, unemployed, choosing a career with less communication or not having a romantic partner. (McAllister, Collier, & Shepstone, 2012) Stuttering affects children, adolescents, and adults in varies way but all have the same consequences.

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