Preschool Stuttering

Stuttering is defined as “speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds”, and is a problem as old as the human race itself. It is often accepted that Moses was a stutterer, although this is not stated explicitly in the Bible. The earliest stutterer that we know of was Demosthenes, the famous orator of Ancient Greece. Demosthenes not only succeeded in getting over his stutter, but he also became the orator that is still today held up as an example to all aspiring public speakers.

Demosthenes succeeded in conquering his stutter, and since then thousands of other stutterers have done likewise. This should be enough to prove to anybody that it is indeed possible to overcome a stutter. Unfortunately it is true that the number of stutterers through the ages who did not succeed in becoming normal speakers is far greater.

The reason for this is self-evident. Despite intensive research, and a steady stream of innumerable books and articles that are being written about stuttering, the cause of this devastating problem has up to now remained clouded in mystery. As long as the cause of a problem is unknown, any effort to find a solution will remain nothing more than guesswork.

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Childhood Stuttering: Help for Stuttering Children
Article discusses the true cause of stuttering, and offers sound advice to overcome preschool stuttering.