Show how allergy affects stuttering stuttering terin g WAS a member of a group of students I 1 whose object was the acquiring of scholarships and medals in competition with groups from other schools we remained for an hour every afternoon after school chool when the results were announced a member of our group stood first in the entire city yet she bad never answered i a question in class nor habshe had i she ever been asked to read this was because she stammered we were all proud of her and yet felt sorry because we thought that she had bad something wrong with her tongue or her throat and would never be able to teach it is now known that stammering is not due to any defect of the tongue or throat but is due to nervousness or self consciousness ors drs A M kennedy anad and D A williams cardiff wales state that this tendency to nervousness and self consciousness appears to be a factor in allergy also these physicians investigated stuttering children in all cases except one positive evidence of allergy was found in the personal or family history 52 had a personal history and 48 of these also had a family history forty eight had no personal history of allergy but all but one gave a family history in a group of 1000 school children who did not stutter only about 2 per cent had a personal history of stuttering and a family history of only 9 per cent the thought is chatin that in some individuals a portion of the nervous system can be so influenced that the blood vessel walls can be distended and allow swelling containing water to form and cause allergic symptoms hives head colds hay bay fever the blood vessel system because it is under the control of the nervous system may be influenced by fear anxiety anger and other emotions 0 |