Dashed speech

Why a child stutters? And what a doctor can cure it?

In the fall, my three year old daughter was in the hospital - accidentally swallows a coin, you had to get in using endoscopy under general anesthesia. After stressful experiences, we watched with passion, playing with the baby, and that puts in his mouth. But do not immediately realize that the incident changed her speech: she began to stutter, repeating syllables, especially in the form of doctors.

Woe from Wit

According to experts, stuttering affects 3-5% of children. And this figure each year has remained largely unchanged. But the reasons for change, leading to stuttering. Until a few decades ago, the main "culprits" were fear and stress: for example, a child or a frightened dog he suffered a serious illness. Today, for these reasons, we added new ones dictated by the seemingly well-intentioned parents, namely too zealous desire to develop the baby almost from the cradle.

- Look, what toys kids today! - Says Head of the 8th Department of the Children's Psychiatric Hospital № 6 Moscow Elena Karnauhova. - They're bright, irritating colors, rattle, jingle, pop. The musical alphabet in English and Russian. Parents have a child of 2-3 years are in school early development, foreign languages ​​are taught him, put his computer. What is the nervous system withstand such a load! Just Woe from Wit turns out!

Diagnosis - logoneurosis

Typically, the first stuttering manifests itself in the age of three, when there is a rapid process of formation of speech. The child learns many new words, trying to build a detailed phrases, parents are encouraging him in that, demonstrating the overdeveloped child familiar. But his nervous system is not yet ready for such loads.

Generally, children at this age are very sensitive, vulnerable, subtly react to changes in mother's mood. They may be exposed to various fears: fear of being alone in a room or go to sleep in the dark.
Sometimes the nervous system fails after: frightened dog, family conflict or the child suffered a serious illness.

If this background, traumatic events occur, it may be logoneurosis - so-called experts stuttering. In addition to the nervous system of a "responsible" and the speech organs: the organs of articulation, vocal and breathing apparatus.

In ordinary situations these systems operate smoothly, and then it turns smoothly, without pause, hesitation, repetition. But because of the involuntary spasm of smooth muscles in all three departments of the peripheral unit of the speech (articulation apparatus, vocal apparatus, the respiratory tract) is a violation of the rhythm of the speech - and that child has to repeat the sound several times before it will be able to pronounce.

Of course, it's not just smooth turns in children who have yet to master conversational skills. And adults can not always speak purely, without inserting before the words are endless, "e" and "well". But it is necessary to distinguish one thing - it is bad due to poor vocabulary and general inability to express thoughts, and another thing - it haltingly, seek medical reasons.

First signs

A child may suddenly stop talking, and then it comes back haltingly.

He repeats the first syllables or whole words at the beginning of the phrase.

Observed forced stop in the middle of a word, phrase, or before the speech.

Meets use extra zukov or syllables (emboli).

Any of the above symptoms - a signal to parents that a child's speech is not in order. The earlier you find it, the more successful the treatment will be. The most important thing in this case - to have time to correct the situation, until the baby is not yet fixed its own "unusual" and it did not become a target for ridicule fellow buddies. If you have time to see a specialist in this period, you can significantly ease the speech the child and prevent a further increase in the symptoms of stuttering.

How is it treated?

Stuttering - a serious speech impediment, and difficult to treat .  Success depends on many factors, and how severe forms of logoneurosis, and the willingness of the parents to help the child cope with this problem, and on the correct treatment .  It usually complex: medical, psychological and speech therapy .  Do not be afraid that your child prescription drugs, and the more abandon them .  They are necessary to stabilize the emotional state and create a favorable background for the psychological and speech therapy work .  At the core of stuttering are neurological disorders resulting from perinatal brain damage or other reasons .  Stuttering can wear in waves .  Like a child says smoothly, but the slightest stressful situation - and hesitation in his speech back .  Therefore, it is important to consult not only with a speech therapist, and a neurologist and child psychiatrist - these experts have in the local children's clinic .

Help parents

The first step is to create a calm environment the child. Protect it at the time from the TV and computer, eliminate noisy game trip.

Older children usually recommend limiting verbal communication, that is to say less, then you can include the child in a comprehensive correction of stuttering. But two or three years this regime children impracticable. They can try to use it whispered. Communicate with your child is recommended very calm, measured, clearly.

If your child stutters, do not tell him, "Wait ... start again ... sigh ...". This only reinforces his excitement before the speech. Say the word slowly, he is trying to say, and ask them to follow you again. But do not force not want to repeat - is not necessary, not the fruit of neuroses.

So kiddies very important mode of the day, a good restful sleep. But the sun it is contraindicated. Avoid walking sunlight, walk in the shade.

Expert opinion

Advises senior therapist Children's Psychiatric Hospital № 6 Moscow Valentine Trebuleva:

- There are certain speech therapy techniques to help your child get rid of stammering in speech. For example, speech therapy rhythm. She is to perform a variety of exercises and mobile games - music and in combination with speech. Do not forget about the development of fine motor skills: let the child playing with sand molds from clay, it goes through the rump.

It is very useful to learn how to say each syllable otstukivaya alternately every finger. Thus the child is coordinating the pronunciation of words with breath. On the other hand - it has a psychological effect: the tapping of rhythm a child is not so fixed on his speech, and it helps him cope with the excitement.

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