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From: Tom Weidig (thestutteringbrain.blogspot.com)
Date: 04 Oct 2010
Time: 01:22:51 -0500
Remote Name: 178.254.92.194
Hi Ken, I agree with your answer. But your last sentence "All this is not to say that parental expectations or very high speech standards or various types of psychopathology cannot cause stuttering, but these are probably quite rare." is too vague for me. I would say that high parental expectation / high speech stds / psychopathology can (a) MODULATE stuttering in those with a neurobiological basis or (b) CAUSE stuttering-like psychosocial maladaptation from normal speech dysfluencies and mental hesitations. Any thoughts?