World stuttering day
Audio 48:30
Stuttering can appear at any time in life.
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By: Céline Guillaume
50 min
On the occasion of World Stuttering Day, we take stock of this communication disorder.
It is characterized by interruption, repetition or hesitation during the utterance.
This fluency abnormality can appear at any time in a person's life, although it mainly occurs in childhood, and more commonly in boys.
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How and at what age is stuttering most common?
How is this communication disorder explained?
What treatments, what types of support exist?
Isabelle Lecron-Miossec
, Speech therapist in Paris.
Regional delegate of
the stammering speech association
and teacher at the speech therapy school
Faysal Hamzah
, speech therapist at the CHU Campus in Lomé, Togo
Thomas Lefevre,
30, a former stutterer patient, he works in the marketing and sales functions
► To go further:
Help your child to speak and communicate
(50 cards against stammering and stammering)
by Véronique Aumont Boucand and Elisabeth Vincent, published by Editions De Boeck Supérieur
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