Risk Factors of Stuttering

ConclusionThe data of the present study concluded that the presence of stuttering or defects in speech quality and communication. Risk factors include multifactorial dynamic pathways that include: positive family history, being male (as boys are more likely than girls to keep stuttering), the onset (as children who start to stutter before age 3 ½ are more likely to outgrow it than children who start to stutter at an older age), the amount of time that it's lasted.
Source: QJM - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research