In the present paper, the authors review and evaluate the prospective and retrospective studies relative to spontaneous recovery from stuttering in children. The authors conclude that the frequently cited 80% spontaneous recovery figure is too high. The authors propose that speech-language pathologists abandon the concept of spontaneous recovery when devising clinical management procedures for the stuttering child.
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Martin et al. (1986) studied this question.