Stuttering

Stuttering
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or stammering, speech disorder marked by hesitation and inability to enunciate consonants without spasmodic repetition.
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Stuttering usually begins in childhood when the child is developing language skills, and it rarely develops in adulthood with only 1% of the population affected by the disorder. Stuttering does not affect intelligence.
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Stuttering tends to run in families, but it is unclear to what extent genetic factors are important. There is also evidence that stuttering may be associated with some neurological deficits.
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Stuttering, sometimes referred to as stammering or diffluent speech, is a speech disorder. This is different than normal repetition of words that children may do when learning to speak.
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Stuttering
About five percent of preschoolers have serious problems forming the words they want to say. Such children repeat the starting sounds of words, trip over syllables or simply freeze up after a tense struggle to speak.
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Stuttering and Children
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: Children and Stuttering
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Stammering or stuttering should be properly diagnosed by a speech therapist (your GP can refer you) who can advise on what the problem is and how it can best be treated.
There's no cure for stammering but many therapies can make a
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Myotonic dystrophy is due to a trinucleotide repeat (a "stuttering" sequence of three bases) in the DNA. The myotonic dystrophy gene (called DM1), found on chromosome 19q13.3, codes for a protein kinase (an enzyme) that is found in skeletal muscle.
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It can produce infections, heart attack, anemia, cirrhosis of the liver, mental illness, insomnia, stuttering, Wilson's disease, and niacin deficiency.
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Rarely, there may be more serious side effects, such as dizziness, stuttering, tics or increased blood pressure.
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