Stuttering and bilingualism - A review

Although stuttering in bilinguals is an area of interest to both clinicians and researchers, data on bilingualism and stuttering are scanty. This pape r reviews the available literature on stuttering and bilingualism. Major fi ndings are that stuttering is probably more prevalent in bilinguals than in monolinguals, that stuttering can affect one or both languages, that the t wo languages may be equally or differently affected, and that diagnosis and treatment in bilingual stutterers seem to require a particular approach. E ducational objectives: The reader will learn about the prevalence of stutte ring in bilinguals. The reader will learn about and be able to describe the different patterns of the manifestation of stuttering in bilinguals. The r eader will learn about and know some issues to consider in diagnosing and t reating dysfluent bilingual clients. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rig hts reserved.