Sudden onset of "stuttering" in an adult: Neurogenic or psychogenic?

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Helm Estabrooks, Nancy ^a   Hotz, Gillian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed head injury; Dysfluency; Neurogenic stuttering; Psychogenic stuttering; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUTTERING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STUTTERING;

EID: 0031601340     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1064032     Document Type: Article

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