introduction: stuttering is a communication disorder that, in addition to speech fluency, can affect all aspects of personal life. through numerous researches and also from the experiences of people who stutter (pws), it is now evident that stuttering can cause an over all sense of life dissatisfaction. the aim of this study was to compare the quality of life in adults with stuttering versus th...

Stuttering is a speech disorder. The flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongation of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and involuntary silent pauses or blocks in communication. Stuttering is an interest subject of researchers from many various domains such as speech physiology & pathology, psychology, acoustic and signal analysis. Thus there are many researchers ha...

Introduction: “Stuttering” is a speaking disorder where the flow of speech blocked by an involuntary audible or inaudible pause, repetition and prolongation, causing; anxiety, depression, embarrassment for person. This study aimed to explore lived experiences stutterer nurses caring patients at clinical site. Method: Qualitative descriptive phenomenology design was used recruit Nine Stutter Nur...

how to cite this article: saeedi borujeni mj, esfandiary e, almasi dooghaee m. childhood neurogenic stuttering due to bilateral congenital abnormality in globus pallidus: a case report and review of the literature. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):75-79.   abstract objective the basal ganglia are a group of structures that act as a cohesive functional unit. they are situated at the base ...

PURPOSE To verify the effect of delayed auditory feedback on speech fluency of individuals who stutter with and without central auditory processing disorders. METHODS The participants were twenty individuals with stuttering from 7 to 17 years old and were divided into two groups: Stuttering Group with Auditory Processing Disorders (SGAPD): 10 individuals with central auditory processing disor...

BACKGROUND Those who stutter have a proclivity to social anxiety. Yet, to date, there is no comprehensive measure of thoughts and beliefs about stuttering that represent the cognitions associated with that anxiety. AIMS The present paper describes the development of a measure to assess unhelpful thoughts and beliefs about stuttering. METHODS & PROCEDURES The Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs a...

Speech dysfluency (stuttering) is common in children. Although stuttering often resolves before adulthood, it can cause significant anxiety for children and their families. Stuttering speech patterns are often easily identifiable; when a child is learning to talk, repetition of sounds or words, prolonged pauses, or excessively long sounds in words usually occur. Secondary behaviors (e.g., eye b...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE There have been few studies on the risk factors for subgroups of stuttering. The aim of this study was to characterize the risk factors for developmental familial stuttering among boys who stutter and who do not stutter, such as disfluency types, associated quality and communication factors, emotional and physical stress, familial attitudes and personal reactions. DESIGN...

OBJECTIVES Our goals were to document (1) the onset of stuttering and (2) whether specific child, family, or environmental factors predict stuttering onset in children aged up to 3 years. METHODS Participants included a community-ascertained cohort of 1619 2-year-old Australian children recruited at 8 months of age to study the longitudinal development of early language. The main outcome meas...