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From: Vickie Irovando
Date: 20 Oct 2007
Time: 17:35:13 -0500
Remote Name: 68.197.144.132
I find the relationship between stuttering and prolonged violence intriguing. We all know that exposure to prolonged violence can result in severe psychological trauma, such as PTSD and selective mutism, but I have never considered the particular effects it could have on speech. Can anyone who is considered high risk (e.g. male, family history of stuttering) develop a stutter during times of war or intense violence or does the person have to have already displayed at least a mild form of stuttering beforehand? I am also wondering if there is an age limit for this phenomenon. Do you believe that adolescents are more susceptible to developing a stutter or to progressing from a mild or moderate to a severe stutter when exposed to extreme violence? Or is it possible that young men who went to war (e.g. Iraq) as mild stutterers could come home as severe stutterers? Thanks for your insight. –Vickie