Episode 19features John Harrison, who “ran away from home at age 25.” He went from New York to California with nothing but a 5 day hotel reservation. John wanted to go to California to find himself and his identity, and understand his stuttering, which took the form of silent blocks. ...
I've stuttered for a lifetime and have participated in many speech therapies, none of which helped. About the age of 50, I discovered the device which was amazing and that helped tremendously. I highly recommend it's use. Using the device gave immediate fluency, the confidence and the feed...
Rate of stuttering and data on five concomitant disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—ADHD; autism spectrum disorder; intellectual disability; learning disability; and seizures) were compared between male and female CWS and across three age categories: 3–5, 6–10, and 11–17years. ...
Phenomenologic and longitudinal data" reveal that approximately 75% of children who begin stuttering between ages 2 and 7 are stutter-free by age 12 years. Data are not available as to what percentage of children recover from stuttering without professional treatment, speech therapy, and/or psychot...
The association between stuttering and bilingual group (LE/BIL) was significant by chi(2) test; BIL speakers have more chance of stuttering than LE speakers. Age at stuttering onset and male/female ratio for LE, BIL and MONO speakers were similar (4 years 9 months, 4 years 10 months and...
Lesley says she always wanted to be a writer, and that she knew this that at the tender age of 5, when she began writing stories. Going forward, she realized you had to make money in order to actually make a career out of writing. Lesley’s mantra is never saying no to a challeng...
(b), Representative photomicrographs of control LArea X and lesion border 1, 3 and 6 months after the neurotoxic injury showing higher numbers of new (BrdU1) young neurons (DCX1) with increasing age. The dashed lines highlight the visible boundary between the lesion and nonlesioned or ...
Some researchers and therapists believe that preschool children, school-age children, and adult stutterers share similar symptoms but should be treated as having different disorders. I agree that preschool child stutterers are not adult stutterers in size-4 toddler clothing. In a sense, stuttering is...
It often starts between the ages of 18 and 24 months and tends to come and go up to the age of 5. About 1 out of every 5 children at some point have a problem with speech that seems serious enough to cause parents concern. And about 1 out of every 20 children will develop ...
The major postulate was that anomalous cerebral dominance, reflected by anomalous cortical anatomy in various regions, may put an individual at increased risk for the development of stuttering.Methods: Adults with PDS (n = 16) and controls (n = 16) matched for age, sex, hand preference, and...