Stuttering, a speech disorder characterized by disruptions in the flow of speech, can significantly impact one’s confidence and communication skills. People who stutter often face challenges in ...

I spent years of my childhood believing in a singular fallacy: fluency = success. In my early adulthood, the equation expanded to include stuttering = failure (along with unemployment, loneliness, and ...

Stuttering during childhood is a relatively common occurrence. Roughly one in 20 kids (5 percent) go through a period of stuttering, but only about one in a hundred (1 percent) of adults are ...

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 ...

President Joe Biden, Ed Sheeran and more have talked about their experiences struggling with — and surmounting — a stutter. Read their personal stories Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE ...

A global study has identified the DNA markers for stuttering, providing a genetic link that will pave the way for clinicians to predict which family members will experience the speech disorder ...