Do stutterers have different brains?
2001; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 57; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1212/wnl.57.2.171
ISSN1526-632X
Autores Tópico(s)Reading and Literacy Development
ResumoIn this issue of Neurology , Foundas et al.1 and Biran and Steiner2 present articles pertaining to a problem that has eternally plagued many human beings: stuttering. Foundas et al.1 investigate cerebral abnormalities in stutterers, querying whether their brains differ from those who are fluent; Biran and Steiner2 present Doc’s dysfluent speech in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” as a parody of fluent and charismatic leaders, reminding us that the fluent world considers stuttering to be funny. Those who have stuttered since they were children, often referred to as “developmental stutterers,” suffer considerable emotional pain and social stigma, and comprise over one percent of the adult population. Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets, Egyptian hieroglyphics, the Old Testament (Moses stuttered), and the Holy Koran all refer to this global, pancultural disturbance of speech.3 The medical community has paid insufficient attention to persons who stutter, individuals often joke about stuttering, and stutterers themselves frequently lack informed perspective of their own disability. Stuttering’s lack of “disease status”4 makes it more prone to ridicule. Many stutterers keep their speech disorder in the closet, circumlocuting difficult sounds and avoiding situations requiring them to speak. Many children who stutter …
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