Stuttering varies significantly over time: Sometimes, people will have periods in which the stuttering appears to go away, only to have it return.
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Stuttering varies across situations: sometimes people stutter a lot, and sometimes they stutter a little.
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Overall, about 1% of the world’s population stutters,
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When people stutter, they feel like they have lost control of their speech mechanism.
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People who stutter often try to avoid stuttering, perhaps by trying to speak quickly, by forcing through moments of stuttering, or by not speaking at all when they fear that they might stutter.
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People who stutter usually don't stutter when they sing or read in unison.
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Kids learn to stutter by copying people who stutter.
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You can catch stuttering from a friend.
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People stutter in lots of different ways
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