KMID : 0391520120200020049
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Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society 2012 Volume.20 No. 2 p.49 ~ p.56
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Clinical Aspects of Children with Developmental Stuttering
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Oh Myung-Jin
Lim Soo-Jung Eom Tae-Hoon Kim Seong-Joon Bin Joong-Hyun Kim Young-Hoon Chung Seung-Yun Lee In-Goo
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of developmental stuttering.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 28 children diagnosed with developmental stuttering from January 2001 to December 2010 who had been admitted to the Uijeongbu St. Mary¡¯s Hospital.
Results: We observed a strong male predominance. The M:F ratio was 13:1 in this study. And the onset age converged on 2-5 years (71.4%). Seven patients (25%) had a family history of language disorders. Among them, 5 cases (17.8%) was about to developmental stuttering. As for associated disorders, 5 patients (17.8%) had another language disorder as articulation disorder or developmental language delay; respectively 4 patients (14.2%) and 1 patient (3.6%). Three patients (10.7%) had psychologic disorder as ADHD or anxiety disorder; respectively 2 patients (7.1%) and 1 patient (3.6%). In addition, 2 patients (7.1%) had ankyloglossia including 1 case accompanying with articulation disorder. Another 2 patients (7.1%) had adenoid-hypertrophy also including 1 case accompanying with articulation disorder. The proportion of moderate-to-severe and severe cases was 63.6%. And we observed remarkable improvement of stuttering in 92.9% (13/14) patients during repetitive speech or text reading.
Conclusion: Several distinctive characteristics of developmental stuttering were observed in this study. The value of this study is that it¡¯s the clinical report on developmental stuttering by pediatrician and we expect this study will contribute to the basis of forward investigation.
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KEYWORD
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Developmental stuttering, Clinical medicine, Child
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