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  • Title: [Incidence of electroencephalographic findings in children with stuttering compared to healthy children of the same age].
    Author: Klepel H, Kühne GE, Mackerodt G.
    Journal: Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz); 1982 Aug; 34(8):488-92. PubMed ID: 6815678.
    Abstract:
    Results obtained in a single encephalography examination of 79 stuttering and 143 healthy children, both 7 to 10 years old, were compared. While the difference in the frequency between the two groups with respect to focal findings without peak potentials and a focal and generalised tendency to attacks could not be substantiated, 29.1 per cent of all children in the group of stutterers showed a background activity that was too slow for their age. This finding is interpreted as an expression of delayed development which, because of a psychic compensation capacity not corresponding to the age of the test person, offers a favourable basic condition for the development of stuttering. The danger of a misinterpretation of electroencephalographic findings obtained from specific study groups without comparison with a normal population is pointed out.
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