Cessation of stuttering with progressive multiple sclerosis

Neurology. 1985 Sep;35(9):1341-3. doi: 10.1212/wnl.35.9.1341.

Abstract

Two patients stuttered severely into adult years. Stuttering ceased as signs of progressive MS developed. Both patients had clinical evidence of bilateral cerebellar dysfunction, and other forms of speech impairment appeared as the stuttering abated. The cerebellar lesions may have been responsible for the abolition of stuttering.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebellum / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Sclerosis / complications*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology
  • Stuttering / complications*
  • Stuttering / physiopathology