Possibly the Worst Stuttering Case Ever
Eric is 27 and some doctors believe he has the worst case
of stuttering they have ever seen. Every new syllable
could set off a stuttering spasm. But there is scientific
breakthrough that can help. It's a little device that
plays his voice back into an earpiece with a delay and different
pitch which tricks the brain into thinking he is talking along
with other people and keeps his brain pre-occuupied.
Information on Stuttering:
No single, exclusive cause of stuttering is known. A
variety of hypotheses and theories suggest multiple factors
contributing to stuttering.
Since stuttering may reappear at times of emotional strain, a
psychogenesis has been proposed, but if there are any
psychological abnormalities in the stutterer, they are secondary
rather than primary. It's observed that many stutterers,
probably as a result of this impediment to free social
interaction, do become increasingly fearful of talking and
develop feelings of inferiority. By the time adolescence and
adulthood are reached, emotional factors are so prominent that
many physicians have mistaken stuttering for neurosis. Usually
there is little or no evidence of any personality deviation
before the onset of stuttering, and psychotherapy has not had a
significant effect on the underlying defect. A strong family
history in many cases and male dominance point to a genetic
origin, but the inheritance does not follow a readily
discernible pattern.
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