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Is stuttering a disease or a habit?
My son will start school next year. He stutters sometimes. We don't want his peers to know this score when he goes to school. Is stuttering in our child a lifelong companion? Is it possible to get rid of it?
👶 Do our children sometimes stutter? Is their stuttering constant? Will stuttering be a lifelong companion? Such questions are natural for every parent whose child stutters. The occurrence of such a disease in one's own liver causes a person to worry. What is stuttering? Disease or habit?
✍️ Stuttering is a logoneurosis, a disease. In order to be diagnosed as a disease, the child should frequently repeat or lengthen sounds or syllables, which hinders the fluency of his speech, and these disorders should be evident.
🕺🏽 It is known from history that many famous scientists, writers and statesmen have stuttered. Carol George VI, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Rowan Atkinson, Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts all stuttered at some point in their lives. They managed to overcome stuttering and get treatment.
🤓So what causes stuttering? Ibn Sina in "The Laws of Medicine" mentioned the personality characteristics of stutterers, according to him and other scientists, such characteristics as shyness, extreme impressionability, a little unwillingness, fear of speaking in front of certain people are present in the child's character. will be This disease does not depend on age, but it is most common in the period from 2 to 6 years, that is, when speech skills are developing. It is three times more common in boys than in girls. Stuttering often resolves with age, but only 1% of patients may develop into old age.
🤓The reasons for stuttering can be different. First of all, it can be caused by genetic and neurological factors, that is, stuttering was observed in the family or close relatives and the child was very afraid when he was young, using pathological types of upbringing in the family, the character of his parents, imitating the stuttering of his father or mother, or the central nervous system it can occur together with illnesses, children who speak two different languages when they are small, and those who are brought up in front of a computer or TV.
💡 The most common is neurotic stuttering. The child stutters in unusual circumstances, in front of new places and unfamiliar people.
🤐 Stuttering has occurred. What to do now? Treatment should be carried out in a complex manner. Which specialists should be consulted? It is necessary to use the help of a neurologist-psychotherapist-speech therapist. A neurologist diagnoses stuttering and can prescribe sedative or nootropic drugs if necessary. A psychotherapist learns the root cause of stuttering, helps to prevent neurosis in a child, helps to overcome anxiety and fear, and helps to form communication skills through exercises and sessions. A speech therapist deals pedagogically with speech disorders. In addition, massage, acupuncture, and physiotherapy can be recommended. At home, in addition to the above, the following can be recommended to the child: phytotherapy, aromatherapy, relaxing baths, breathing exercises. These procedures will help the child calm down and stuttering will decrease. Soothing baths for the child at home - you can take a soothing mixture from the pharmacy and make a bath. Such baths should be used for 12-14 days and then take a break.
❗️ Considering that children are affected by color and sound, the lighting in the room should be reduced to the maximum in the evening, and listening to music with pleasant nature sounds before going to sleep will also help. The main thing is to create a state of mental comfort for the child so that he does not get bored - it is our duty as parents!
