I have a 3 1/2 yr old who did have ear issues. may still. he has only been talking since august. He is doing a slow speech progression but still has some problems that need to be worked on. He is in speech therapy. He still has a retracted ear drum the doctor is going to leave for now to see if it fixes itself. All of a sudden he has developed a stutter. I think he is talking to fast for his brain. dad thinks he is trying to figure out how to pronounce the words and having problems doing it. So my question is he doesn't do what I would call normal stuttering like mel tellis used to. It is a different kind of stutter. what are the odds of him outgrowing this? Does speech therapy help this? Is there anything I can do to help this pass on its own?
Both of my kids did it and lots of my friends children did it. They did out grow it. I would definitely bring it up to his Speech Therapist. My daughter was delayed and was diagnosed with apraxia. Once she did start talking her brain was processing faster than she could speak.
Best of Luck!!
My son had slow speech, and stuttering as you describe. He did outgrow it, and we did go to speech therapy. They concentrated on his speech and alliteration...not his stuttering. He used to sing his sentence out to avoid the stuttering. We didn't ask him to slow down or to "not stutter." Just were patient (as possible). It's hard and I would sometimes finish his sentence for him (as we were told not to). But he did outgrow it...so be hopeful! Good luck.
my goddaughters stutter backwards. they will say i wanted ed to go to the store ore ore with you to. not sure why they do it because they are talking slow. it's like they feel they have to add something in there while thinking of what to say next. their parents ignore it while it bothers me each time i hear them speak. i'm sure they will outgrow it on their own. just give it time. the schools would tell you im sure if the studdering goes beyond a certain age when they think they should have stopped by.
My daughter just turned 4 last Saturday and she has a stutter too. Hers is more of the typical 'I I I wanted t-t-t-tell you something' kind of thing. I hope they grow out of it!!
We think that she is trying to talk to fast...that and she is the baby and the only girl in a house full of loud boys and we wonder if she feels she has to hurry to get a word in edge wise? We don't know but like I said, I HOPE with all my heart that she will outgrow it and it will go away. This too shall pass, kind of thing!!!
Carly Simon was a huge stutterer, when she was a child. She said her mother never made a big deal out of it.
One thing her mother did do was have Carly stop.. and then sing what she wanted to say.. She says back then there were not therapies like there are today, but her mother somehow figured out.. singing worked for Carly..
I always thought this was a clever observation.
FYI, Many children go through a bit of a stuttering phase. I agree that they have so much they want to say.. and so they stutter..
Therapy is awesome! Hang in there.
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