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From: Kathrin König
Date: 05 Oct 2012
Time: 12:18:04 -0500
Remote Name: 80.239.243.93
It`s hard to tell. You can speak of neurogenic stuttering if a person develops stuttering symptoms in direct correlation with an underlying neurological disorder or disturbance OR if stuttering symptoms considerably change or worsen in direct correlation with an underlying neurological disorder or disturbance (cf. Van Borsel et al., 1997; Grant et al., 1999; Leder, 1996; Helm-Estabrooks , 1986). If your client already showed idiopathic/developmental stuttering before the beginning of the disease and the stuttering symptoms increased only slightly after he suffered Moya Moya, it is not easy to distinguish between idiopathic and neurogenic stuttering. (Or did your client have Moya Moya congenitally?) I`ve never worked with a client who had to undergo brain surgery and stopped stuttering afterwards, but you can read about cases of neurogenic stuttering clients who stopped stuttering after thalamic stimulation, change of medication and so forth.