An international research group succeeded in identifying the probable origin of stuttering in the brain. An international research group led by researchers from the University of Turku and Turku ...

Hearing Beethoven while reciting Shakespeare can suppress even a King's stutter, as recently illustrated in the movie "The King's Speech". This dramatic but short-lived effect of hiding the sound of ...

Stuttering, or stammering, is a disruption in speech where a person repeats or prolongs words, syllables, or phrases. They may also pause during speech and make no sound at some points despite knowing ...

J. Scott Yaruss, associate professor in communication science and disorders at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and co-director of the Stuttering Center of ...

Luc F. De Nil is an associate professor and chair of the graduate department of speech-language pathology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute.

Basal ganglia regions are located in the midbrain. Source: CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Stuttering during childhood is a relatively common occurrence. Roughly one in 20 kids (5 percent) go ...

Xiaofan Lei receives funding from the University of Minnesota and the National Stuttering Association. What comes to mind when you think of someone who stutters? Is that person male or female? Are ...

Researchers have established a genetic link to stuttering, allowing doctors to predict which family members will be affected by the disorder. The research involved one million people across the globe, ...

Nan Bernstein Ratner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Even though stuttering in bilinguals has a relatively long research history, there are still many questions that cause debate: Do bilinguals stutter in just one language or in all of their languages?