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Abstract

Background: Stammering is a problem and is associated with adverse, long term outcomes thatimpact on individual's families and academic achievement of children in the school years andaffects later in adulthood.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of stammering in school going children with age bracketof 8-12 years in Govt. Schools Lahore Pakistan.
Methodology: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1000 school going children betweenages of 8-12 years through questionnaire developed by literature review and expert opinion. Thedata was collected from Govt. Schools Lahore. The following information was collected for eachstudent: name, age, gender, class, school, date of birth, number of siblings, child stuttered or not.The students were asked to read paragraph of 100 syllables. The assessment of students wastaken by researcher itself.
Results: The prevalence of stammering in school children between ages of 8-12 years in LahorePakistan was 0.9% in 1000 population (boys 7: girls 2).
Conclusion: The prevalence of stammering was more common among boys than girls.
Keywords: Speech disorders; stammering; communication; prevalence