Effect of Seizures Treatment on Stuttering Severity

Background and Aim : There are indications that epilepsy may be common in children with stuttering.In this study we examined the effect of anti epileptic drugs in accompany with speech therapy interventions on severity of stuttering in compare with speech therapy interventions alone.Methods : 20 children with manifestation of stuttering were studied in two groups. All patients underwent EEG recordings during sleep. Group A received anti epileptic drugs and speech therapy intervention and group B received speech therapy intervention alone.Results : Group A had a severity decreasing after 8 weeks but group B did not show any meaningful change in severity of stuttering.Conclusion : Our data suggest that it is important to evaluating the existence of seizures in children who stutter and accompanying anti epileptic drugs with speech therapy intervention can be useful.

Keywords:

anti epileptic drugs , speech therapy , stuttering treatment