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From: Ken St. Louis
Date: 05 Oct 2004
Time: 16:09:26 -0500
Remote Name: 157.182.12.221
Dear Nancy, Sometimes the shortest questions are the hardest to answer. Honestly, I don't know if your stuttering is related to your head trauma or not. I am inclined to suspect that they are not related for the following reason. In general, there has not been a strong link between head trauma and stuttering in past literature, although case studies of stuttering symptoms following head trauma do exist. These rare cases are usually referred to as neurogenic stuttering. Since your first trauma occurred at the age of 6 months, it would be impossible to determine whether or not the stuttering began after the trauma, an important factor in diagnosing neurogenic stuttering in individuals who had previous experienced fluent speech. I find myself wondering about the "number of other head injuries" you refer to. Did your stuttering begin after one of these? How severe were they? How did your stuttering evolve into its severe form? Have you had therapy for your stuttering? How effective was it? Without answers to these and other questions, it is not possible for me to be any more specific. Nevertheless, I hope this provides you with some useful information. Ken