One per cent of adults and five per cent of children are unable to achieve what most of us take for granted—speaking fluently. Instead, they struggle with words, often repeating the beginning of a ...

President Biden’s approach to his own stutter highlights the stigma that the condition still brings. By David Leonhardt About three million Americans — or almost 1 percent of the population — speak ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – New research from Purdue University shows that even when people who stutter are not speaking, their brains process language differently. "Traditionally, stuttering is thought of ...

Johns Hopkins defines stuttering as a voice speech disorder. Stuttering affects more than 80 million people worldwide, and in the United States, more than one million Americans stutter. A voice ...

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 ...

Regardless of where you stand politically, there’s no denying this about President Joe Biden: Being so open about how he dealt with a childhood stutter — one that occasionally crept into his public ...

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 ...

Stuttering is a speech disorder that disrupts the natural flow of speech, marked by repeating, pausing, or prolonging certain sounds and syllables. Individuals who stutter know what they want to say; ...

When 4-year-old Hazel Alexander was introduced to Gabriela McBride, she knew they would have an instant bond. Talking to her mom about her new "friend" -- who happens to be American Girl's Girl of the ...