In the largest genetic investigation of its kind, scientists have uncovered 57 regions of the genome associated with stuttering. The findings now provide the clearest picture yet of the biological ...

Stuttering, or stammering, is a disruption in speech where a person repeats or prolongs words, syllables, or phrases. They may also pause during speech and make no sound at some points despite knowing ...

A new bill in the Florida Legislature would guarantee coverage for stuttering treatment in Medicaid, private insurance, group ...

The medical sector defines stuttering as a speech disorder, in which a person often repeats some words or syllables, pronounces individual sounds drawly, or is unable to pronounce sounds or syllables ...

Scientists have pinpointed the brain network that's involved in stuttering, brain scans reveal. 'As if a shudder ran from its brain to its body': The neuroscientists that learned to control memories ...

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Char Adams is a Human Interest writer and reporter at PEOPLE. She also writes about her experiences on her blog and vlog, The Stuttering Journalist. I’m one of the three million people in the United ...

22 October is observed as International Stuttering Awareness Day annually. It is a day dedicated to breaking stigma, raising awareness, and encouraging compassion for people who stutter. Speech ...

Leon Sirois loved racing midgets and stock cars and nearly won the pole for the 1969 Indianapolis 500 under odd circumstances. Racing fast cars came instinctively to the Hoosier daredevil. Talking did ...