[Follow-up of patients with neurosis-like stuttering]

Clinico-catamnestic and logopedic examinations were carried out in 125 patients who had been suffering from grave neurosis-like spasmophemia since the speech mastering. By the time of the examination the patients' average age was 20 years. The examinations have shown that in 59%, of the patients the spasmophemia has ceased; 22% have had a considerable improvement; in 10% there was a slight improvement, and 9% showed no improvement at all. Of great importance for eliminating and relieving the spasmophemia was correction of not only the speech defect, but also the patients' personality peculiarities.