The Establishment of a Stuttering Outpatient's Department and its Educational Collaborations in the Local Area: A Proposal from Tomi City, Nagano

Abstract

Tomi Municipal Hospital established a stuttering outpatients’ department to support adults and children who stutter and their families, through a system of community collaborations. The objective was to educate the local community so that adults and children who stutter could live safely outside the hospital, while receiving continuous medical support for their problems related to stuttering. This report introduces various community education collaborations and their attempts to raise awareness of stuttering in the local area.