Three cases are presented of peculiar speech and language abnormalities that were evaluated in the context of personal injury lawsuit or workers compensation claims of brain dysfunction after mild traumatic brain injuries. Neuropsychological measures of effort and motivation showed evidence of suboptimal motivation or outright malingering. The speech and language abnormalities of these cases pr...

objectives: it has been noted that stuttering is more prevalent in bilinguals than in monolinguals. the similarities of the languages involved have been mentioned to justify the difference between stuttering prevalence among bilingual and monolingual speakers. the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of language similarities on prevalence of stuttering among kurdish-farsi bilingual st...

Stuttering is a complex behavioral disorder. Previously, vague and unreliable terminology for classifying stuttering behaviors has limited progress in delineating this intricate disorder. However, with the introduction of the Lidcombe Behavioral Data Language (LBDL) taxonomy, objective terminology has greatly improved reliability and the opportunity to examine stuttering behaviors across large ...

Stuttering is a speech fluency disorder. Childhood high incidence period of stuttering, which has an important impact on children's daily communication with others. According to Howell, stuttering can be divided into two types: advancing and stalling. It very distinguish different types in children intervene treat them time, will conducive the recovery healthy growth children.

Stuttering affects about 1% of the general population and from 8 to 11% of children. The onset of persistent developmental stuttering (PDS) typically occurs between 2 and 4 years of age. The etiology of stuttering is unknown and a unifying hypothesis is lacking. Clues to the pathogenesis of stuttering include the following observations: PDS is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and birt...

PURPOSE Verify the knowledge of teachers from public and private schools about stuttering and attest the effectiveness of the Teacher Training Program on Stuttering in the expansion of this knowledge. METHODS The study sample comprised 137 early-childhood teachers. Initially, the teachers responded to a questionnaire on stuttering. After that, 75 teachers attended a 4-hour Teacher Training Pr...

Stuttering patterns may differ when comparing two languages. In bilinguals, specific patterns of stuttering in each one of the languages may potentially be found. This study reports on the case of a 27-year-old Spanish/English simultaneous bilingual whose dominant language is English. Speech and language testing was performed in both languages (language repetition, language understanding, vocab...

Objective data on the development of stuttering during its first several months are sparse. Such a deficit is due to parents' tendency to postpone professional consultation regarding early stuttering until later in the course of the disorder and to a lack of longitudinal studies beginning close to onset. This report presents information on a rare group of 16 preschool subjects who were evaluate...