STUTTERING CHILD

Children must be fluently speaking in their pre-school age. But sometime found among them stutter. There were so many possibilities of course, while the main cause it self remains surely unknown. Here are 4 factors of stuttering cause;
1. Hereditary Factor.
Little part of stuttering factor is hereditary in which child brings disposition of nerve condition that make him susceptible to talk difficultly. If parent were normal in talking while one of uncles or grand father have a stuttering history can be said that child bring predisposition of this susceptibility.
2. Nerve Factor
Some of neurologists tell that nerve-wracking cause coordination hindrance of motor function for speaking. This nerve-wracking is an effect of brain wound after hard birth process. It also because of collide at child's head, experienced a serious infection, or even convulsion. In this time decreasing process the power of nerve function is totally happen.
3. Emotional or Anxiety Factor
Stuttering might happen under certain circumstances, especially when anxiety comes. Speaking in this situation, the sound was like being blocked or come out spasmodically. Mostly in words begin with letter B, D, S and T in which need a more stressing. So in this case stuttering is not a problem of vocal organs, but representing the condition of immature emotion reflected on obstructed speaking. Usually this happens on children with a low self esteem and lack of self confidence.
4. Brain Symmetry Problem
Brain maturity process takes time to second year of children's age. In their second or third age can be detected which part of brain was dominant. If child was recognized potentially to be left-handed in this age, parent still have an opportunity to fix. But what will happen if parent insist their child to be right-handed after pass the third age? Working system of his brain will change that cause stuttering as an effect of unbalance.
But actually, stuttering is not related to some one's intelligence. Stuttering kid is generally a normal. Because not caused by physical process of sound production or transferring what in mind to words. Stutter just a talk hindrance where the flow of speaking was obstructed by repetition and lengthening of sound, syllable, word or phrase and juncture unintentionally. It cause a failure of normal speak production. In communication, stuttering was kind of disrhythmia pronunciation order.
When stuttering can be detected? First, lets talk about stages of child's language or talk development then we'll know in which age is stuttering can be detected.
The child's development of talk and language was divided in to five stages and must be well noticed by parents. There are;
1. Reflexive Vocalization
In 0-3 weeks old the voices or cries were produced by baby reflex nothing; unintentional, no desire, and no response to his surroundings. In older age the cries can be differed whether baby hungry or what.
2. Babbling
In the age above three weeks till two months, baby can make voices just like gargle in various tone and sonorant.
3. Lulling
This was on two up to 6 or 7 months age. Baby starts to listen and repeat various syllables. Just like pa..pa…, ma…..ma.. ect
4. Echolalia
Since his 10 months age baby able to hear voices around and try to follow it -he imitate and repeat voices from previous age- followed by expression on face and hand signal. There were other communication tools utilized to make what he wants to explain clearer.
5. True Speech
Commonly baby able to talk well in his 18 months or 1,6 years old. I mean baby's talking pattern could be understood even his articulation ability was limited. He able to says words combination or make sentence.
In this true speech phase stutter can be detected. Stuttering will be clearly known in 4-5 years old, because in this age kid should be good in his language development, his understanding, making sentence ability, expressive language, and wider socialized.
Stuttering may vary from one kid to another, it can be light to severe. In a severe stutter beside hard or even disable to say words begun with b, d, s, and t, usually followed by repetition of uncontrolled part of body movement. Its called tics, happen on face or little movements on back part again and again and uncontrolled. The movement is representation of his struggle to speak well.
For a light stutter, in a certain situation kid able to speak normally and fluently. Such as when he was alone, whispering, singing, or talking to some one he consider in a lower position or younger than him. Stuttering attack when he feels embarrass or inferior.
Stuttering will not continue to adult time if well handled with right therapy as soon as possible. Besides, supports from family and surrounding environment are really needed.
For some tips how to handle stuttering kid I'll write about it soon.