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Stuttering is a disorder of the neural processing that underpins speech. It typically emerges in children aged two to four years, often as they move from using individual words to constructing sentences. For the vast majority of cases, brain development catches up and stuttering disappears. For a mi...

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Corporate Author: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)
Other Authors: Demasi, Maryanne (Interviewer), Schneller, Paul (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: Ultimo, New South Wales : ABC Commercial, 2011.
Series:Health and society in video
Catalyst
Subjects:
Magnetoencephalography.
Stutterers.
Medical technology.
Magnetoencephalography
Medical Laboratory Science
Magnétoencéphalographie.
Bègues.
Technologie médicale.
Medical technology
Stutterers
Documentaries and Factual Films
Streaming videos.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Stuttering is a disorder of the neural processing that underpins speech. It typically emerges in children aged two to four years, often as they move from using individual words to constructing sentences. For the vast majority of cases, brain development catches up and stuttering disappears. For a minority however, stuttering persists, causing severe and ongoing distress. Maryanne Demasi examines the world first child-safe brain scanning technology being used to better understand the causes of stuttering.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 15, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (5 min.).
Playing Time:00:04:56