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Do kids outgrow their fluency speech problem?

My daughter has a speech fluency problem. Do kids outgrow their fluency speech problem?

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Some children do outgrow fluency issues; however, if your child is six and older, likely they will not. Developmental stuttering is believed to be the result of the child's speech development not being able to produce speech as fast as their little minds are thinking. In other words, their little minds are working faster than their mouths. :) This causes disruptions in their speech production. As they mature, the disfluencies appear to resolve. For children with a familiar history of stuttering or who start stuttering later, their fluency issues typically aren't related to development or maturation.
Some kids do and some kids don't. If you are concerned about your daughter's fluency, you can take them to a speech language pathologist for a fluency assessment.
Some children outgrow speech fluency problems and some need speech therapy. If your child is 5 years or older she may need speech therapy.