Stuttering Study
What causes childhood stuttering?
Why does it tend to go away in girls but not in boys?
A Michigan State University Researcher has gotten a $2 million federal grant to study chidhood stuttering, for five years and to come up with better treatment options.
Soo-Eun Chang says she will be studying brain scans of children in the five year study.
Stuttering affects about five percent of children.
It is notoriously difficult to treat.
Experts say it is not caused by anxiety, and it is not behavioral.
Chang says it is not due to a psychiatric condition or low IQ.
She says there are subtle neural deficits that disrupt interactions between different parts of the brain.
They are looking for participants.
If your child is between the ages of 3-8 years and stutters, and you would like more information, call 517- 884- 2257
Testing provides speech language, hearing and IQ testing at no cost.
Kids will be able to take home a picture of their brain.
