Stuttering, sleep, and childhood development

Stuttering, sleep, and childhood development Recently, I had a tonsillectomy, significantly improved my fluency, and for the first time gave me the ability to efficiently breathe through my nose. The ENT was shocked at how big my tonsils were given his 25 years of experience. This obviously impacted my ability to breathe, which in turn gave me apnea and significant issues sleeping; it either being the inability to cash or just really shallow, inconsistent levels of sleep. I found this really well written paper that talks about this and describes what may be occurring to all of us as we develop into adults. While there is no cure for this shitty luck, I think this comes close enough. Not 100% fluency, but a significant increase in quality of life. [the paper (Sandra Merlo Stuttering And Sleep: Some Speculation)](https://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad16/papers/merlo16.html) I hope this helps you all. Edit: here’s the conclusion: Sleep disorders may worsen stuttering through several mechanisms: Impairment of removal of free radicals, increasing oxidate stress in brain cells. Turning on genes related to stuttering. Increasing muscle tension in the vocal tract. Impairment of cognitive functions that support speech fluency. Damaging the posterior parietal cortex, which impairs the ability to consciously perceive somatic sensations related to speech production. Damaging the orbitofrontal cortex, which impairs the assignment of affective values of speech related experiences.