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Date: 09 Oct 2008
Time: 18:24:18 -0500
Remote Name: 75.74.131.143
Rick, You wrote: How come some stutterers say they started stuttering at age 9 or age 15??? - - - - I assume that the people you are referring to are probably people with developmental stuttering - the usual kind. However, acquired stuttering exists. One kind of acquired stuttering is neurogenic stuttering. Neurogenic stuttering is the result of a brain injury. Fortunately , it is often transient. but it needs to be considered whenever someone reports a late onset. For more about neurogenic stuttering see Dr. Luc de Nil's presentation in the 2007 ISAD confrence, and see my presentation in the 2007 ISAD conference as well. - B. Humphrey