A British study has revealed that children who are bilingual before the age of five are much more likely to stutter, than children who speak only one language.
The research was conducted among 317 children who were referred to a speech therapist when they were between the ages of eight and 10.
According to the study one out of five children who stutter were bilingual with boys stuttering more than girls, by a ratio of four to one.
The majority of these children spoke English at school and another language at home.
The study headed by the University College London also found that for these children, stuttering often occurs in not just one language but in both.
SEP 10, 2008
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