Neurology| April 01 2008 Etiology and Treatment of Developmental Stuttering AAP Grand Rounds (2008) 19 (4): 42. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.19-4-42 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Etiology and Treatment of Developmental Stuttering. AAP Grand Rounds April 2008; 19 (4): 42. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.19-4-42 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: childhood-onset fluency disorder, stuttering, speech Source: Ward D. The aetiology and treatment of developmental stammering in childhood. Arch Dis Child. 2008;93:68–71; doi:10.1136/adc.2006.109942 The etiology and treatment of developmental stuttering in childhood (DS, also called idiopathic stammering or stuttering) are reviewed by a speech pathologist and psychologist from the University of Reading, UK. DS is a disorder of speech fluency that affects approximately 0.75% to 1% of the populations of Great Britain, Australia, and America.1 DS is distinguished from neurogenic stuttering (secondary to stroke, tumor, or degenerative disease) and psychogenic stuttering. The mean age at onset is four years; 75% of children with DS have onset before age six. Most experts favor a multifactorial etiology. The evidence for a genetic component to stuttering is strong. Concordance for stuttering between monozygotic twins is between 75% and 89%.2 The ‘‘demands and capacities’’ model of stuttering provides a framework whereby the variability... You do not currently have access to this content.