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.

When I open my mouth to speak, sometimes the sentences flow with an effortlessness that most people take for granted. Other times my face clenches and the words come out in repetitive machine-gun ...

For the parents of children who stutter, managing the communication disorder alone can be stressful and isolating. At Saint Louis University’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, one mother discovered ...

When Evan Usler was just 6 years old, he knew his stuttering would persist into adulthood. He was among the one in 10 children who develop a stutter at a young age. Most children who stutter recover ...

Many people consider stuttering just a simple speech disorder. But University of Mississippi professor Gregory Snyder and a team of student researchers are working to upend that thinking and develop ...

When discussing their younger son’s speech patterns with other parents, Westerville residents Dan and Stacy Samson sometimes find that words don’t come easily. “You talk to other parents, and they don ...

Stuttering has been the butt of many jokes. People who stutter are working to change that.

Stuttering is a speech disorder that affects millions of people worldwide, causing disruptions in the flow of speech. For those who stutter, communicating can be a significant challenge, often leading ...

Kenny Koroll, the chairman of the board at the National Stuttering Association (NSA), has a favorite phrase: “We are the cure.” He says it during the closing ceremony of this year’s NSA conference, to ...

In mainstream media, stuttering is often comical or a symptom in people who are overly vulnerable and nervous. But the condition doesn’t stem at all from nerves or anxiety … and instead of a source of ...