Die Vererbung von Sprach- und Stimmstörungen

Observations on Tachylalia

“….. Similar personality features in clutterers were previously described by various authors [7,14,16,4]. C. A third category is presented by a group of persons with marked im pulsivity of an aggressive nature, distrust and hostility, using speech -as it were -as a weapon to fight against anticipated, real or im aginary, opposition from the listener.…”

“…A relationship between cluttciing and a general state o f'im m aturity' of the central nervous system was also postulated [23]. Extroversion, the normal counterpart of the manic state, was already observed as characteristic for at least a group of clutterers [7,14,4]. All these categories again appear in our table.…”

“…The latter type seems to share m any features with those found in the hyperkinetic impidse disorders of children [12] and of adults [9] where abnormal EEG, hyperactivity, short attention span, poor power of concentration, unpredictable behaviour, impulsiveness, irritability and poor schoolwork were described [12]. Features of restlessness and impatience and a highstrung tem peram ent were found in almost half of the observed cases (22) either alone (8) or combined with other diagnostic categories (14). Here we are reminded of the great m otor unrest and hyperactivity found by Seeinan and Novak [17] in cluttering children and adults.…”

Cluttering

“…This latter expression seems to suggest also a certain therapeutic optimism. Luclisinger [66] experi mented with the expression " Sprachgestaltungsschwache" (weakness or asthenia of the formulation of integration of speech). This expres sion, however, though not completely unjustified, does not appear to us to be sufficiently broad and specific.…”

“…The literature of delayed speech is well worked through by Arnold [6], On the basis of the gemellologic in vestigations of Luclisinger [66], Arnold [6] arrived at the broad con cept of congenital language disability. These studies followed the publi cation of Weiss [103] on central language imbalance, and could serve to underpin the latter.…”