What Is Neurogenic Stuttering?

Lastly, neurogenic stuttering impacts a variety of individuals who have suffered a traumatic injury or disease to the Central Nervous System. This less common form of stuttering typically impacts functional and content words and can vary across situations. Although the stuttering is evident, neurogenic stutters experience little to no anxiety about their speech impediment. However, much like developmental stuttering, other impairments such as aphasia, dysarthria, and apraxia can make an appearance and can complicate speech processes and therapies that correspond with it. Although there is no cure for neurogenic stuttering, exercises such as manipulating speech rate, teaching the proper mechanisms of speech production, and individualizing care