The onset of stuttering following drug overdose

Abstract

Recently, some attention has been focused on acquired stuttering, disfluencies that begin in adulthood. The nature of acquired stuttering differs in several respects from developmental stuttering. A case of acquired stuttering following drug overdose is presented and contrasted with previously reported cases. The case is noteworthy in that, while many characteristics of acquired stuttering are evidenced, several symptoms associated with developmental stuttering are also observed. The findings are discussed in terms of a possible link between developmental and acquired forms of stuttering.

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Stuttering: A Diagnostic Challenge in a Case Study

“…e. Stuttering due to Neurobiological alterations in PTSD f. PTSD and Stuttering due to traumatic brain Injury (TBI)? Deal (1982) and Rentschler (1984) relate psychogenic stuttering of sudden onset following a traumatic incident, as associated with lack of adaptation and stuttering in automatic series. According to these authors, psychogenic stuttering with neurogenic-like symptoms of sub-cortical origin (dysfunction of the basal ganglia circuit) can be caused by stress and is often accompanied by a state of confusion.…”

Stuttering

“…Meanwhile, some recent reports suggest that late onset stuttering might be a product of categorically different causal agents, including motor-neuron disease (Koller, 1983;Lebrun, Retif, & Kaiser, 1983), drug therapy for psychotic conditions (Nurnberg & Greenwald, 1981;Rentschler, Driver, & Callaway, 1984), and unspecified severe stress (Deal, 1982;Weiner, 1981). A medication for asthma (theophylline) may also induce stuttering in children (Mc-Carthy, 1981).…”