would manifest itself in the form of stuttering or stammering, but
rather in some other form of defective utterance. In the case of
the inherited predisposition to stutter or stammer, there is
always the question which has contributed more largely to the
defective utterance--the inherited predisposition or the
association with others who speak in a faulty manner.

ADVICE TO PARENTS: It is very essential that from the very
beginning of the period of the recording of suggestion, the child
is shown the correct and customary utterance with the best method
of its accomplishment. The child should not be subjected to
constant repetitions of phonetic defects, imperfect utterance or
speech disorders of any sort. The child who hears none but perfect
speech is not liable to speak imperfectly, or at least not so
liable as the child who hears wrong methods of talking in use at
all times, for this last cannot escape the effects of his
environment.





CHAPTER X

DEFECTIVE SPEECH IN CHILDHEN

(2) THE FORMATIVE PERIOD


The period in a child's speech development dating from the second