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Mayo Study: Teachers More Likely To Develop Speech Disorders
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say they've stumbled upon what appears to be an occupational hazard for school teachers. They found that teachers are more likely to have progressive speech and language disorders. The neurologist who led the study found teachers were about three-and-a-half times more likely to a develop speech and language disorder than Alzheimer's disease.