High Reported Spontaneous Stuttering Recovery Rates

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The families of 21 children who stuttered were contacted 6 to 8 years after their child first was diagnosed as needing intervention for stuttering. The vast majority of these children still were exhibiting a stuttering problem at the time of reassessment. Based on the findings of this survey, there may be reason to question or dispute the high spontaneous recovery rates reported in the literature. Early intervention for the child who stutters during the preschool and elementary school years is encouraged in order to increase a child's probability of coping with a stuttering problem that may not be resolved on its own.