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From: Lynne Shields
Date: 10/21/03
Time: 2:09:10 PM
Remote Name: 199.217.208.172
Dear J.S.,
Yes, there are several papers reporting on adult-onset stuttering, related to either psychogenics (trauma, for example) or neurological disorders (e.g., stroke or other brain injury). Helms-Eastabrooks wrote on this topic in a chapter in a book edited by Richard Curlee entitled "Stuttering and Related Disorders of FLuency" published in 1999. She also has an article in volume 19 of "Seminars of Speech & Language (1998) entitled 'Sudden onset of "stuttering" in an adult: Neurogenic or psychogenic?'. Van Borsel and colleagues prblished a paper on the topic of acquired stuttering following injury in the brain in volume 23 (1998) of the Journal of Fluency Disorders.
There are other reports of adult-onset stuttering, so you are not alone in this experience.
Regards,
Lynne