- Over three million Americans stutter.
- Stuttering affects three to four times as many males as females.
- People who stutter are as intelligent and well-adjusted as non-stutterers.
- Despite decades of research, there are no clear-cut answers to questions about the causes of stuttering, but we have learned much about factors that contribute to its development in the areas of genetics, neurophysiology, child development, and family dynamics.
- As a result, we have made tremendous progress in the prevention of stuttering in young children.
- People who stutter may be self-conscious about their stuttering and often let the disability determine the vocation they choose.
- There are no instant miracle cures for stuttering. Therapy is not an overnight process.
- Some 20 percent of all children go through a stage of development during which they encounter disfluencies severe enough to concern parents.
- Stuttering becomes an increasingly formidable problem in the teen years as dating and social interaction begin.
- A qualified clinician can help not only children but also teenagers, young adults and even older adults make significant progress toward fluency.
- James Earl Jones, John Stossel, Annie Glenn, Bill Walton, Mel Tillis, Nicholas Brendon, Robert Merrill, Carly Simon, Ken Venturi, Bob Love, John Updike, Lewis Carroll, King George VI, Winston Churchill and Marilyn Monroe – all famous people who stutter.
Courtesy :
Scott Trautman, Ph.D., Florida State University
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