Developmental Stuttering affects 1% of the population and over 3 million individuals in the USA. However, there are less known fluency disorders that include neurogenic stuttering and cluttering.
Both disorders involve disfluencies or repetitions. Both disorders can co-occur.
How does stuttering differ from cluttering?
The differences are seen in the symptoms:
What gets stuck:
Awareness
Rate Differences
Types of disfluencies
Difficulties pronouncing sounds in words
The rhythm and melody of one's speech
How it sounds
Emotional and Cognitive components
Social aspects of language
Check out this brochure by Kathleen Scaler Scott PHD, CCC-SLP from the National Stuttering Association for more information.
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