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Welcome to this lecture
on "Acquired Stuttering".
My name is Jane Harley,
and I'm a Specialist
Speech and Language Therapist
at the Michael Palin Centre
in London, in the UK.
And I'm the Clinical Lead
for our service for adults,
including adults who present
with acquired stuttering.
Before starting, I would like
to acknowledge the authors
listed in the references
at the end of these slides,
with expertise I've drawn on
in compiling this talk.
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Stuttering or stammering,
if you live here in the UK,
is a speech disorder
which is characterized by
repetition of sounds or syllables,
prolongation of sounds,
and tense pauses
known as speech blocks.
It may be accompanied
by physical tension,
struggle, concomitant movements,
and a range
of cognitive, affective,
and behavioral responses
to anticipated
or actual moments of stuttering.
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It normally starts between
two and five years of age,
and when this is the case,
we refer to it
as developmental stuttering.
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We refer to stuttering
as being acquired
when its onset is later
than this typical time frame.
And when it is associated
with neurological or psychological
events or processes,
acquired stuttering typically
has its onset in adulthood,
but it is possible for a child
to have an acquired stutter.
For example, after
a childhood stroke or epilepsy
or significant
psychological trauma,
the term acquired stuttering
is not used
to describe
developmental stuttering,
which reemerges
or becomes more overt in adulthood.
