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Stuttering

Speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases as well as involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the person who stutters is unable to produce sounds

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  • A doctor examines a military recruit suffering from a speech disorder. Wood engraving by F. Pegram, 1916.
  • A barber in his shop preparing to shave a customer. Coloured etching.

Works from the collections

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    Knotted tongues : stuttering in history and the quest for a cure / Benson Bobrick.

    Bobrick, Benson, 1947- | Date: [1995], ©1995
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    Ueber das Stottern / von J.A. Ssikorski ; ins deutsche übertragen unter der Redaction von V. Hinze.

    Sikorskiĭ, I. A. (Ivan Alekseevich), 1842-1919. | Date: 1891
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    Stammering, practically considered : with the treatment in detail / by T. Bartlett.

    Bartlett, T. (Thomas), 1789-1864. | Date: 1839
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    Speakers, singers and stammerers / by Frederick Helmore.

    Helmore, Frederick. | Date: 1874
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    The riddle of stuttering / C.S. Bluemel.

    Bluemel, C. S. (Charles Sidney), 1884- | Date: [1957], ©1957

Related topics

Speech Disorders
Speech
Speech Disorders
Speech Therapy
Neurology
Speech-Language Pathology
Speech Disorders

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