Fear of speaking :Chronic anxiety and stammering

Lutfi Annisa Rizki

Symptoms of Stammering

- Involuntary repetition of syllables, especially when starting words

- Concomitant symptoms may include eye blinks, facial grimacing, jerking of the head, arm waving and so on

- Emotional struggle when stammering

Population prevalence of stammering

1% population prevalence of stammering with at least a 50% higher prevalence in males.

2–4% of people develop a stammer in childhood, many recover naturally in early adulthood.

Stammering is classified as:

a developmental speech disorderan anxiety disordera neurological deficit disordera learning disorder.

treatment for stammering should

focus primarily on:

reducing stammering symptoms and the

socially based anxiety linked to speaking

reducing stammering alone

Cont’d

reducing fears at the moment of stammering.

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