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What You Must Know About Stutering Or Stuttering

What You Must Know About Stutering Or Stuttering

Did you know that about three million Americans suffer from stutering?  It upsets people of all ages, although it is very common among kids who are between the ages of two and five.

Stutering, by the way, is the common misspelling of the word stuttering.  It is a kind of speech disorder characterized by prolonged or repeated sounds, syllables, or words which disrupts the normal speech flow.  The disruptions may come with secondary behaviors signaling struggles such as rapid eye blinking or lip tremors.  The disorder can make it difficult for the person to communicate with others and may lead to more serious problems like lack of confidence and even depression.

As already mentioned, it is normal for young children to stutter as it is a part of their speech development stage.   More often, they get to the end of the stage and become able to speak fluently as adults do.  However, an approximate of five percent among them will continue to have the disorder for some months or even years.  According to observations, boys are more likely to stutter than girls.

There are basically two types of stutering: developmental and neurogenic.
Developmental stuttering is what happens in young children as they are on the process of learning the language skill.  Some clinicians believe that the disorder happens when the child’s speech and language abilities fail to meet his or her verbal demands.  This kind of stuttering is also said to run in the family although it is yet to be categorically proven.

On the other hand, neurogenic stutering or stuttering may be acquired after a head trauma, stroke, or other kinds of injury in the brain.  With this kind of disorder, the brain is unable to coordinate the speech components well due to signaling problems between it and the nerves or the muscles.