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Re: a 3 year old and a 13 year old

From: Barbara Amster
Date: 21 Oct 2004
Time: 10:12:34 -0500
Remote Name: 139.84.48.251

Comments

Although starting to stutter at age 13 is unusual, it does happen. It is very difficult, if not impossible to predict which children will become chronic children who stutter. Some of the research in the field indicates that as many as 80% of children who ever stutter, spontaneously remit. That being said, I don’t think that there is any level of stuttering that clearly indicates more or less risk. For more information about this, please see: Yairi, E., Ambrose, N., Paden, E.P., & Throneburg, R.N. (1996). Predictive factors of persistence and recovery: Pathways of childhood stuttering. Journal of Communication Disorders, 29, 51-77. I would suggest that the parents of the three-year-old child contact a certified speech-language pathologist who is Board Recognized in Fluency Disorders. In addition, I would also suggest that they check out the Stuttering Home Page, specifically http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/comdis/kuster/infoaboutstuttering.html#parents I especially like Stuttering Prevention: A Manual For Parents by C. Woodruff Starkweather, Ph.D., Sheryl Ridener Gottwald, Ph.D., and Murray Halfond, Ph.D., Temple University Stuttering Prevention Clinic. Regards, Barbara


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