Stuttering is something that starts in childhood and follows many people into adulthood. We're learning more about what experts say causes it.

Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a speech disorder that affects the fluency and flow of speech. While it’s often misunderstood or dismissed, stuttering can significantly impact a person’s ...

Therefore, the anomalies in brain connectivity among adults who stutter could result from their experience of stuttering rather than what contributes to its onset. Ongoing studies looking at ...

For a long time, scientists have suspected that stuttering — a common speech condition that affects an estimated 1 in every 100 people — could be heritable. Despite how common it is, it's still a ...

Basal ganglia regions are located in the midbrain. Source: CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Stuttering during childhood is a relatively common occurrence. Roughly one in 20 kids (5 percent) go ...

Stuttering is a common speech disorder that begins in childhood and affects millions of people worldwide, including more than three million in the United States. News On 6 anchor Leanne Taylor shared ...

Stuttering affects about 1% of the world's population, or millions of people. In fact, famous stars like Julia Roberts and ...

The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not. fizkes/iStock via Getty Images Plus What comes to mind when you think of ...