Abstract
Purpose: to characterize the risk factors for persistent stuttering in schoolchildren who stutter (CWS) and who do no stutter (CWNS), males, such as age, typology of the disfluencies, communicative and qualitative factors associated, familial history, physical and emotional stresses, family attitude and personal reaction. Method: 40 children with ages between 6.0 and 11.11 years, male, di…