A Study of the Onset and Development of Stuttering

Abstract

46 stuttering children were compared to 46 non-stuttering children in regard to birth conditions, general developmental conditions, speech development, diseases and injuries, stuttering, handedness in the family background, handedness and eyedness of the group studied. No significant findings were made. Author suggests such stuttering in its serious forms develops only after a diagnosis of stuttering is made and as a con-sequence of the diagnosis.