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Fluency

Stuttering: Causes, Theories & Epidemiology

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A teenage boy sits beside his mother while a clinician leans forward, talking with them both.

Overview

No single cause explains stuttering. The current view is multifactorial and neurodevelopmental: an inherited predisposition affects how the brain develops speech-motor control, and that interacts with language growth, temperament and the child's environment. Theory matters on the exam for two reasons: to reject explanations that blame parents or personality, and to connect each treatment approach to the idea behind it. Fluency Disorders & Treatment has a one-table summary; Stuttering Assessment & Counseling covers persistence risk in individual children; Cluttering & Atypical Fluency Disorders covers neurogenic and psychogenic stuttering.

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  1. Epidemiology
  2. Genetics
  3. Neural Findings
  4. The Multifactorial Picture
  5. Historical Theories (History Only)
  6. What Theory Changes in Treatment
  7. Common Traps
  8. Sources to Know

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