Learn about stuttering, its causes, and how to support individuals who stutter. Explore resources for families and educators.
Stuttering is a condition that disrupts control of speaking-related muscles. That affects the flow of your talking. It usually starts in childhood and is treatable.
The Stuttering Foundation We provide free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
Stuttering is a speech condition that disrupts the normal flow of speech. Fluency means having an easy and smooth flow and rhythm when speaking. With stuttering, the interruptions in flow happen often and cause problems for the speaker. Other names for stuttering are stammering and childhood-onset ...
Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a speech disorder characterized externally by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases as well as involuntary silent pauses called blocks in which the person who stutters is unable to produce sounds. [2][3] Almost 80 million people worldwide stutter, about 1% of the world's population, with a prevalence among ...
Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by repetition or prolongation of sounds, and interruptions in speech. Learn more about types, diagnosis, and treatment.
Stuttering is a misunderstood condition with socio-emotional impacts for adults and children. Read now to learn how to support someone with a stutter.
What is Stuttering? Stuttering, also called stammering, is an involuntary disorder that causes interruptions in a person’s speech. It can be characterised by repetitions (g-g-give/wa-wa-wa-want), drawing out of sounds (mmmusic), and abnormal hesitations or pauses before a word, known as blocks (——bags/I——I like bags).