Abstract

Dr. Shubhangi Kapil Thakur*

ABSTRACT

Man acquires prestigious position in life because of his unlimited thoughts and ambitions. It is his discriminative capacity and power expressing thoughts in the form of speech makes him to conquer all walks of life Language development occurs most rapidly between 2 to 5 years of age. During this period of learning of speech, usually child begins repetition of consonants, often followed by repetition of words. If this condition continues then child suffers from disability of speech. Stammering is a disorder of human communication. The prevalence of stuttering is also highest among preschool children compared to school- age children and adults, with estimated prevalence rates of approximately 2.4%, 1%, and less than 1% for the three age groups, respectively.[1] It is defined as disruption of fluency of verbal expression and is by spasmodic repetition and prolongation of vocal sounds by fear, anxiety and struggle to avoid speech errors. However, is not simply a speech difficulty, it is a serious communication problem.It can affect their interaction with others; impede their education and seriously hampers employment potential. A 5 years male child, having complaints of unclear speech (aspastha vak), blocks and prolongation of words (avaykt vak),broken words(sputa vak) was treated with vagshudhikar yoga and nasaya karma with panchendriya vardhan taila and changes were noted in symptoms such as unclear speech, blocks and prolongation in words and broken words. Details of the findings are discussed in this case report.