Stuttering usually begins in childhood, between the ages of 2 and 5 years.
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Labeling a child as a stutterer results in chronic stuttering.
MYTH. This belief arises from a study that was discredited decades ago.
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When people stutter, they might feel like they have lost control of their speech mechanism.
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Stuttering is caused by bad parenting.
MYTH. When a child stutters, it is not the parentsâ fault. Stress in a childâs environment can increase stuttering, but is not the cause.
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About 1% of the worldâs population stutters.
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Children who stutter are imitating a stuttering parent or relative.
MYTH. Stuttering is not contagious. It may run in families, but the cause is due to genetics, not imitation.
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Stuttering is associated with differences in the brain; it is not just a behavior that children learn or pick up from listening to other people who stutter.
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People who stutter are less intelligent or capable.
MYTH. People who stutter disprove this every day, achieving success in every profession imaginable (can you think of any?).
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Stuttering is a genetically-influenced condition: most of the time, if there is one person in a family who stutters, there will be another person in the family who also stutters.
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Stuttering is more common among males than females. In adults, the male-to-female ratio is about 4 to 1; in children, it is closer to 2 to 1.
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People stutter because they are nervous.
MYTH. While people who stutter may be nervous because they stutter, nervousness is not the cause.
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Stuttering can begin gradually and develop over time, or it can appear suddenly.
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Forcing a left-handed child to become right-handed causes stuttering.
MYTH. This was widely believed early in the 20th century but has been disproven in most studies since 1940.
