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Summary Report of the BSA's Primary Healthcare Workers Project The result of this BSA project has been one of the largest epidemiological studies of dysfluency in pre-school children in recent years, producing some extremely interesting findings.

Recent articles

Bilingual children at greater risk? Are bilingual children more likely to stammer? Corinne Moffatt considers a new research paper (Winter 2008 Speaking Out).

Should we stop saying "we don't know the cause of stammering"? At the 2008 Oxford Disfluency Conference, Anne Smith of Purdue University suggested that we know a great deal about the factors that cause stammering.

Mind over white matter: Differences in brains of young people who stammer Increasingly studies are finding physical differences in the organisation of brains of people who stammer, but what about children? Kate Watkins is lead author of one of two recent studies looking at brains of young people who stammer.

Therapy leads in treatment of stammering David Vitler gives an overview of some highlights from the 5th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, 2006 which would be most useful from the point of view of answering calls on the BSA helpline, particularly from parents of small children.

Physiological indices of speech and language processes: new windows on the onset of stuttering in young children Anne Smith talks about work which may help understand the factors that contribute to the onset of stuttering, and aid in predicting which children who are stuttering are likely to develop a chronic problem.

Are children who stammer more sensitive by nature? A new study has shown that young children who stammer may be more emotionally sensitive, and have greater difficulty regulating their feelings, than children who don't stammer.

Is this why we don't stammer when we sing? Could stammering be explained by a malfunction in the basal ganglia? Per Alm explores this area. His doctoral thesis On the causal mechanisms of stuttering (2005) is also available on the internet.

Genetics - how stammering can run in families Short article on Dennis Drayna and genetic aspects of stammering.

One step closer to drug treatment of stammering In June 2006 tests of a new drug showed positive results, but how close is it to being available? Martin Sommer reports on the study led by professor Gerald Maguire, and on the background to drug research.

Events

2nd European Symposium on Fluency Disorders Antwerp, 23rd & 24th April 2010. Online registration is open.

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