Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.

The PURDUE STUTTERING PROJECT is no longer recruiting new participants as we are in the final stages of data analyses and working on final publications describing our research. The project was founded ...

Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States rekindled interest in accomplishments by adults who stutter. Biden has struggled with a stutter since childhood. A list of stutters compiled at ...

Stuttering, or stammering, occurs when a person repeats or stumbles over a sound, syllable or word. Certain syllables may be repeated or prolonged, words escape in fits and starts, and can at times be ...

What comes to mind when you think of someone who stutters? Is that person male or female? Are they weak and nervous, or powerful and heroic? If you have a choice, would you like to marry them, ...

'G-g-g-g-g-ood morning' is a daily obstacle for people who stutter. However, so far, not much is known about the causes of persistent developmental stuttering, which is the most frequent speech ...

Nervousness. Stress. Shyness. Speaking more than one language. Thinking too quickly. None of these are reasons why people stutter. Yet, these misconceptions remain all too prevalent, says Angela ...

Sounding out words for the first time is hard for children. Repeating sounds and dropping of letters is common. In fact, 30 percent of kids have difficulty sounding out words during their early ...

Feeling put on the spot on a video screen when you can’t get words out can be intimidating. Experts offer advice. By Jenny Marder Like all of the students at her Bronx high school, Kaitlyn Tineo had ...

The University of Texas (UT) has received a $20 million grant from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to establish the Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research. The new center ...