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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 114190" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Originally Posted By: Marguerite</p><p>The mid-word disfluency sounds like an atypical stutter. Most stutters are at the beginning of the word. Was it consonants, or vowels or just random?</p><p></p><p>The other things to consider - are there any physical behaviours that go along with the language thing? Not in our case, but some stutterers have a tension about them associated with the stutter.</p><p></p><p>Marg,</p><p></p><p>The dysfluencies were usually on vowel or vowel/consonant combos ("er", "es", "in", "end", etc.), and they were almost always mid-word. I did notice tension -- which seemed to worsen with each progressive break in the language, as if difficult child was getting stuck. He might have a pause in the fourth or fifth word, and then it would just get worse as he continued to struggle to get his thoughts out. Like a scratch in a record. He'd try to go back and start over when the breaks became too many. </p><p></p><p>Again, I think it really is a processing issue in our case, and it seems to resolve as their brain matures. But it sure was frustrating and concerning when we were seeing things at their peak a few years ago.</p><p></p><p>Can you post the link to the speech site you found?</p><p></p><p>Hope it gives you some answers and some peace of mind!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 114190, member: 3444"] Originally Posted By: Marguerite The mid-word disfluency sounds like an atypical stutter. Most stutters are at the beginning of the word. Was it consonants, or vowels or just random? The other things to consider - are there any physical behaviours that go along with the language thing? Not in our case, but some stutterers have a tension about them associated with the stutter. Marg, The dysfluencies were usually on vowel or vowel/consonant combos ("er", "es", "in", "end", etc.), and they were almost always mid-word. I did notice tension -- which seemed to worsen with each progressive break in the language, as if difficult child was getting stuck. He might have a pause in the fourth or fifth word, and then it would just get worse as he continued to struggle to get his thoughts out. Like a scratch in a record. He'd try to go back and start over when the breaks became too many. Again, I think it really is a processing issue in our case, and it seems to resolve as their brain matures. But it sure was frustrating and concerning when we were seeing things at their peak a few years ago. Can you post the link to the speech site you found? Hope it gives you some answers and some peace of mind! [/QUOTE]
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