The medical condition, “disfluent speech” or “dysfluent speech” is commonly referred to as “stuttering” in American English. In British English, the condition is called “stammering.” The terms ...

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 ...

Stuttering is a speech disorder that disrupts the natural flow of speech, marked by repeating, pausing, or prolonging certain sounds and syllables. Individuals who stutter know what they want to say; ...

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 ...

Your son's stammering is not at all unusual. Many toddlers and preschool children stammer or stutter as they learn to speak. It is natural for you to be concerned but nearly all children who stammer ...