{"id":6413,"date":"2020-04-29T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2022-06-06T14:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:07:19","slug":"the-link-between-social-anxiety-and-stuttering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/the-link-between-social-anxiety-and-stuttering\/","title":{"rendered":"The Link Between Social Anxiety and Stuttering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Recent research has shown a link between social anxiety disorder (SAD) and childhood-onset fluency disorder (stuttering), with a rate of overlap as high as 75 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social anxiety disorder is more than simply being nervous or shy. SAD, also known as a social phobia, causes people to avoid all social contact because certain aspects of everyday interactions, like small talk and eye contact, make them so uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Symptoms of SAD are triggered by social interactions, and may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Symptoms may occur when thinking about social interactions, during social interactions or even after social interactions have passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stuttering is a speech disorder<\/a> that causes problems with fluency and speech flow. People who stutter know what they are trying to say but have a difficult time getting the words out. While common in young children learning how to speak, the condition can persist into adulthood without early intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Symptoms of stuttering include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n While less common, stuttering can be accompanied by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to note that, while feelings of stress, anxiety or embarrassment are common for people who stutter, SAD is not diagnosed unless these symptoms are debilitating to some degree and occur for reasons beyond the stutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the nature of the link between these conditions is unclear, studies<\/a> have shown that the neurotransmitter dopamine plays a role in both stuttering and SAD. In fact, a higher rate of SAD has been found in people with Parkinson\u2019s disease, a disorder involving dopamine production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neuroimaging<\/a> has also shown that people with SAD and a stutter have abnormalities in their dopamine D2 receptor and process dopamine differently than people without these disorders. The amygdala may also play a role in SAD and stuttering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speech therapy with a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is the standard treatment for stuttering and other speech disorders. SAD is often treated with medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). People with both conditions benefit greatly from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information about the link between stuttering and social anxiety disorder, contact the experts at Heuser Hearing Institute today at (502) 584-3573<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent research has shown a link between social anxiety disorder (SAD) and childhood-onset fluency disorder (stuttering), with a rate of overlap as high as 75 percent. What Is Social Anxiety Disorder? Social anxiety disorder is more than simply being nervous or shy. SAD, also known as a social phobia, causes people to avoid all social…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Recent research has shown a link between social anxiety disorder and childhood-onset fluency disorder, with a rate of overlap as high as 75 percent.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9561,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions\/9561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Link Between Stuttering & SAD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Treatment Options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Learn More About Speech Disorders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n