Colin Firth's performance as the stuttering prince who ascended to England's throne in 1936 and overcame his handicap to address the British people on live radio during World War II has generated talk ...

Stuttering is a common speech disorder that can significantly impact an individual’s ability to communicate effectively. While it can be a challenging condition to manage, there are effective ...

Around 1% of people make calls, socialize and join meetings with it. Stuttering is common, and yet the precise genetic cause remains elusive. Here are the key questions and answers for World ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's estimated that more than 79 million people worldwide live with a stutter. In the Bay Area, there's a small but mighty group looking to spread awareness and acceptance of ...

Most cases of stuttering actually begin during childhood. One of the major causes of stuttering is genetics; it runs in families, and a male child is more likely to stutter than a female child.

A person speaks outside of Alaska Public Media on October 22, 2025. Stuttering is a condition that affects the rhythm and flow of speech for 3 million people in the US. It’s not caused by anxiety or a ...

An international research group succeeded in identifying the probable origin of stuttering in the brain. An international research group led by researchers from the University of Turku and Turku ...

Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD, and colleagues conducted the largest genetic analysis of stuttering to date, demonstrating a clear genetic basis for the speech disorder and highlighting neurological ...

ALL RIGHT. FIVE ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. NOW, THE SCIENCE BEHIND STUTTERING. WHAT’S NORMAL AND WHAT’S NOT FOR YOUR TODDLER. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT DOCTOR ERIKA LEE, A PSYCHOLOGIST AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S ...

President Biden recently sent out a video of a meeting with a 9-year-old with a stutter, telling the young boy, “Don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t do anything.” He wrote about having ...

In genome-wide association studies (GWAS), researchers look for small variations in the sequences of human genes that are connected to some characteristic or condition. Scientists have now performed ...

“I stuttered really bad...to the point that I stopped speaking for almost a year in school.” Although celebrities may seem to effortlessly command the spotlight, both on screen and on stage, it turns ...