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From: Klaas Bakker, Springfield, MO
Date: 06 Oct 2009
Time: 11:30:06 -0500
Remote Name: 146.7.150.230
Bill, We don't know if anyone can say for sure if stuttering is multifactorial or one and the same thing, but it sure seems stuttering has many faces. There is the stuttering itself, anxiety and tension right before or when you stutter, things you do to not stutter, how you think about yourself, what goes on in your body during stuttering, and more. Depending on how you look at the problem it may seem to be something different. As we are not sure yet what specifically causes stuttering, it also still possible that there are different "contributors" to the problem. Genetics, the brain, one's grasp of the language and speaking skills. So, relative to what may be causing stuttering, we could also possibly use the term multifactorial. Hope this helps.