See the table at the left for a list of disfluencies. If so, a chronic pattern may be developing. An assessment can help with diagnosis and early intervention strategies. Therapy may or may not be indicated. This can be because a listener, including yourself, has offered advice or commented on it.
Awareness is a watershed area dividing low-risk and high risk.
This is because many children begin trying to prevent stuttering, either from frustration related to the physical struggle to talk, or because listeners are correcting them when they do stutter. If the child himself is expressing concern, he needs help from a stuttering specialist. If others are making inquiries, the behavior is noticeable enough that he is at risk for teasing and developing an identity of a stutterer. See the Logical Levels section for more information. An ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cure.