A four-year-old male who suddenly ten days ago presented speech disorders consisting of repetition of syllables and prolongation of sounds.
She has no other neurological symptoms.
The parents relate it to a traumatic brain injury suffered the day before the onset of symptoms.
His language was previously paused and considered normal for his age.
He had an adequate acquisition of language skills and other neurodevelopmental milestones to date.
In the exploration, the patient presents a language consistent with repetition of utterances in sentences and prolonged pauses between them.
Acceptance is correct, but the patient has to make an effort to control it.
Organizes sentences of three or four words without syntactic problems.
It shows adequate oral comprehension.
The rest of the neurological examination was normal.
These data are diagnosed as developmental stuttering and assessment by a speech therapist is recommended.
