Patient's question:
Boy, 4 years old, has stuttering for 2 years, it gets better and worse! Parents are in a long-distance relationship, the mother speaks a dialect and isn't very good at it, the father also stutters! What should we do?Doctor's answer:
Stuttering is a very complex speech disorder. People who stutter not only have abnormal speech behaviors but also often experience emotional distress and changes in attitude towards the world. The ways they change vary. The specific manifestations of stuttering differ among individuals. Due to the complexity of stuttering, its treatment methods are also very complex and diverse. Currently, stuttering treatment primarily focuses on non-medical approaches, including speech therapy, psychological therapy, bioelectric feedback metronomes, voice modification techniques, delayed speech feedback methods, and masking methods. Treatment should be tailored to the individual's stuttering characteristics, personality, emotions, and behaviors, and appropriate treatment methods should be selected.