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Re: ADD and stuttering

From: John Tetnowski
Date: 10/7/03
Time: 8:24:05 AM
Remote Name: 130.70.147.253

Comments

Thanks for the question.

Here are two good references to begin your study.

Healey, E.C. & Reid, R. (2003). ADHD and stuttering: A tutorial. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 28, (2), 79-93.

Comings, D.E., Wu, S., Chiu, C. et al. (1996). Polygenic inheritance of Tourette syndrome, stuttering, attention deficit hyperactivity, conduct, and oppositional defiant disorder: The additive and subtractive effect of the three dopaminergic genes - DRD2, D beta H, and DAT1. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 67, (3), 264-288.

In addition, there are several other studies that show the co-morbidity between stuttering and other speech, language, and/or learning disorders. The relationship is quite high.

Thanks for the question.

John Ttetnowski

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