CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Stuttering-also called stammering or childhood-onset fluency disorder-is a speech disorder that involves frequent and significant problems with normal fluency and flow of speech. People who stutter know what they want to say, but have difficulty saying it.

Detailed explanation-2: -These are called disfluencies. People who stutter may have more disfluencies and different types of disfluencies. They may repeat parts of words (repetitions), stretch a sound out for a long time (prolongations), or have a hard time getting a word out (blocks).

Detailed explanation-3: -Causes of aphasia stroke – the most common cause of aphasia. severe head injury. a brain tumour. progressive neurological conditions – conditions that cause the brain and nervous system to become damaged over time, such as dementia.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three different known types of stammer: developmental stammer, neurogenic stammer and psychogenic stammer. Each type of stammer has a different cause, though the symptoms for each remain consistent with each other.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main causes are a head injury, a stroke or a condition such as Parkinson’s disease. Other causes can be extreme emotional distress, medication or drugs. See our Variations & Complications page for more information on acquired stammering.