What Are the Different Causes of Stuttering in Children?

Stuttering, commonly known as stuttering, is a type of speech that is not fluent and involuntarily repeats and prolongs, making it difficult to speak.

Basic Information

nickname

stammer

English name

Stuttering

Visiting department

Pediatrics

Multiple groups

child

Common locations

Oral cavity

Common causes

Respiratory muscles, laryngeal muscles, and other pronunciation-related organs are caused by tension and cramps, or language and psychological disorders interact and interact

Common symptoms

Unsmooth speech, involuntary repetition and prolonged speech difficulties

Clinical manifestations of stuttering in children

1. Linguistic features

(1) The external language is anxious to express when speaking, the speech is too fast, too anxious, and too fierce to work in harmony with the internal language. There is no normal rhythm and pause. This is the core content of stuttering disorders, and it is also a person who stutters. The most fundamental reason.

(2) Inconsistent tone of speech, stuttering phenomena such as phonetic duplication, pauses, jamming, and interruption of words, which are the most obvious features caused or caused by the core content of stuttering.

(3) Speaking is usually accompanied by physical exertion, chest tightness, shortness of breath, etc., and even severe symptoms such as dancing and facial muscles convulsions and spasms.

2. psychological characteristics

(1) Emotional characteristics of stuttering

As a result of stuttering for a long time, stutterers generally exhibit inferiority, fear, anxiety and other emotions, such as excessive nervousness or fear before speaking; often stuttering premonition before speaking; fear of laughter and face-saving psychology, because stuttering, having Inferiority, because of stuttering, reduction of normal speaking, daring to speak, introverted personality, reduced interpersonal communication, perfect personality, sensitive personality, anxiety, enthusiasm, and self-esteem are easily damaged.

(2) Cognitive characteristics of stuttering

1) Stuttering is mistakenly regarded as a mental illness, and many physiological treatments have been used to correct it. However, when the desired effect is not achieved, stuttering is considered to be incurable, completely losing confidence, and producing despairing pessimism.

2) I think stuttering is a terrible thing. Many things I can't do well now are caused by stuttering, and the harm of stuttering is enlarged, generalized and absolute.

Stuttering treatment for children

1. When the child speaks, let him speak slowly, not nervous, and not intentionally reminded.

2. Treat with your normal heart. If the parents are nervous, the tone of the speech will be revealed, and the child will be nervous when they are hinted, and the speech will be even less fluent.

3. Never make fun, show disgust, intimidation, or even scold.

4. When the child is present, do not discuss him with others, do not imitate his stuttering, and protect his self-esteem.

5. Speak slowly to your child, make each word clear, and ask him to speak slowly and not to worry.

Mild and moderate stuttering in children is self-healing. Severe stuttering requires correction. It is generally believed that about 80% of children's stuttering can heal with age, but early intervention during parenting and correction is important and must be eliminated first. Parents' disappointment and discriminatory attitudes should remind children to speak slowly, not to criticize or punish the children, to ease their tension, strengthen children's confidence, reduce the fear of stuttering, and make them not pay too much attention to what they say.