Liam Stuttering

This is a little video I took of Liam while I interviewed him. If he has to think about words he struggles with them and stutters. He's over 4½ years old, and he is my first stutterer.

In researching I found that this is probably what is called "Normal Disfluency".

The normally disfluent child occasionally repeats syllables or words once or twice, li-li-like this. Disfluencies may also include hesitancies and the use of fillers such as "uh", "er", "um".

Disfluencies occur most often between ages one and one-half and five years, and they tend to come and go. They are usually signs that a child is learning to use language in new ways. If disfluencies disappear for several weeks, then return, the child may just be going through another stage of learning.
http://www.stuttersfa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=6

It's also possible that is could be worse than what we are thinking. We will be getting it checked out soon, but we are giving others a chance to see Liam's Stutter as it is now.

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[Slingnmom]

Sorry about the bad video. I don't know what happened to it. I think it was messed up in YouTubes changes or something. It was perfect before. :(

[Slingnmom]

We've actually seen an improvement in his stuttering, meaning it is lessening. I am still worried it could become permenant, but if it isn't gone within a year then I will know it is permentant.

Right now the doctors aren't concerned. I'm hoping to get a new video up of his current speech soon.

[aRandomMexican]

im 13 and i am finally out of speech for stuttering

[flair272]

im 13 and i have a bad stammer i cant say my name , iv been going to speach thermpy ever since i was 4

[freacls]

aww what a sweet heart hes adorable my 6 year old nephew has a very bad stammer and sometimes he ends up in tears coz he cant get the words out but a lot of love and patince helps bless your little one i wish him well

[drummerboy0342]

A lot of kids stutter between the age of 2 and 5, and males are four times more likely to stutter. I stutter some (I use fillers a lot, and repeat words, or two words), and have been made fun of, but I have been able to improve it a lot. Kids would be real mean to me, but I am OK now. He likely is very smart, and intelligent, stuttering has nothing to do with intelligent. People need to understand before they make fun of people. I had a teacher mock me, and that is extremely disappointing.

[starmist1]

I know someone who's sounds at the beginning of their words get stuck as they try to say thhhhhhem

and someone else who repeats the s-s-sound at beginning of their words