Who is affected by stuttering
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Who is affected by stuttering
About 5% of children stutter for 6 months or more when learning to speak.1 Stuttering most commonly begins around age 5 but generally occurs any time between ages 2 and 7.2 Approximately 50% to 80% of children who stutter have normal disfluency, which resolves on its own by late childhood.
Those with persistent speech problems have developmental stuttering. Boys are affected 3 times more frequently than girls.2 Approximately 1% of adolescents are affected by developmental stuttering. This figure drops to approximately 0.8% by adulthood.2
References
Citations
Guitar B, Conture EG (2004). The Child Who Stutters: To the Pediatrician. Publication No. 23, 3rd ed. Memphis, TN: Stuttering Foundation of America. Also available online: http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/english/0023tped.pdf.
American Psychiatric Association (2000). Stuttering. In Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., text rev., pp. 67–69. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
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| Author | Amy Fackler, MA |
| Author | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Associate Editor | Terrina Vail |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Robert M. Kroll, BSc, MSc, PhD - Speech Pathology |
| Last Updated | September 15, 2006 |
| Last updated: | September 15, 2006 |
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| Author: | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Reviewed By: | Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics, Robert M. Kroll, BSc, MSc, PhD - Speech Pathology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Terrina Vail |
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