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.

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 ...

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A genetic analysis of a million individuals with stutters has clued Australian researchers into a potential genetic component that would revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of this common ...

Research analyzing genetic data from over a million individuals has identified genes linked to stuttering, echoing those associated with autism and depression. The study, revealing 57 specific loci ...

OXFORD – 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 ...

UM Research Indicates Stuttering Is More Than a Speech Disorder Emerging science suggests the condition may be part of a broader disease process OXFORD, Miss. – Many people consider stuttering just a ...

Those experiences motivated me to investigate stuttering so that I can help people who stutter, including myself, to better cope with the condition. In writing about what the scientific field has to ...