Gabapentin for Treating Acquired Neurogenic Stuttering

TO THE EDITOR: A cquired neurogenic stuttering is a dysfluency in the time patterning of speech, which occurs after a period of normal speech fluency and is caused by damage to the CNS. This differs from childhood onset fluency disorder—developmental stuttering—which presents in early childhood and is not caused by a neurologic insult. Neurogenic stuttering has been associated with injury to all areas of the brain—except the occipital lobe— and many etiologies including stroke, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorder, encephalitis, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia. γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) modulation also has been postulated in stuttering treatment.