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Stuttering Facts

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What is stuttering?

Stuttering is a speech disorder that causes the flow of speech to be broken. It involves disruptions, or “disfluencies,” in a person’s speech.

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Is stuttering more common in boys or girls?

Boys

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How many people in the world stutter?

about 70 million (3 million in US)

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Why do people stutter?

Stuttering is associated with differences in the brain. Neurological disorder

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Do people stutter the same all the time?

Stuttering also varies across situations: sometimes people stutter a lot, and sometimes they stutter a little.

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Who are some famous people who stutter?

Shaquille O'Neal, Ed Sheeran, Darth Vader, Tiger Woods, Kendrick Lamar

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Does stuttering run in the family?

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

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What are some types of stuttering?

Blocks, Prolongations, Repetitions

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