Stuttering. Logoneurosis

- a disease in which there are no painful changes from the articulatory apparatus (larynx, vocal cords, lungs, lips, teeth, tongue), there is no damage to the part of the brain that controls the speech act, however, the speech control system works inconsistently with the articulatory apparatus . A person can not exactly follow the sequence of utterances of certain sounds, tries to recover, stammers, begins to say words and phrases again
- so there is a speech, known to us as a speech of a person suffering from stuttering.
Most often, stuttering occurs at a young age, when speech automatisms are not so sharpened. Contribute to the development of stuttering of stress reactions (fright, death of a loved one, a beloved animal, divorce of parents, scandals in the family, etc.), so the causes of stuttering are always in childhood. Stuttering may sound like a speech disturbance like a chanted speech, in which the patient says something quickly, then slowly, then loudly, then quietly - such a reprimand is characteristic of a cerebellar disease and is otherwise called speech ataxia. True stammering increases with excitement, weakens in a calm environment, stammering people sing well.
Since the disease is mainly of a functional nature, i.e. Is not connected with the true defeat of the speech apparatus, then speech therapists and psychotherapists are engaged in the treatment of stuttering. The prognosis is favorable.