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Diseases » Stuttering » Summary
 

What is Stuttering?

What is Stuttering?

  • Stuttering: Speech difficulty involving repetition.

Stuttering: Introduction

Types of Stuttering:

Broader types of Stuttering:

How many people get Stuttering?

Prevalance of Stuttering: about 1% of adults
Prevalance Rate of Stuttering: approx 1 in 100 or 1.00% or 2.7 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Stuttering?

Patient Profile for Stuttering: Common in children 2-5

What causes Stuttering?

Causes of Stuttering: see causes of Stuttering

What are the symptoms of Stuttering?

Symptoms of Stuttering: see symptoms of Stuttering

Can anyone else get Stuttering?

Inheritance: see inheritance of Stuttering

Stuttering: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Stuttering.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Stuttering.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Stuttering: see treatments for Stuttering
Prevention of Stuttering: see prevention of Stuttering
Research for Stuttering: see research for Stuttering

Society issues for Stuttering


Hospitalization statistics for Stuttering: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Stuttering:

  • 0.0001% (13) of hospital consultant episodes were for stuttering or stammering in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 99% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 74% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 26% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Stuttering:

Organs and body systems related to Stuttering include:

Name and Aliases of Stuttering

Main name of condition: Stuttering

Other names or spellings for Stuttering:

stammering

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Stuttering:


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