Stuttering, or stammering, occurs when a person repeats or stumbles over a sound, syllable or word. Certain syllables may be repeated or prolonged, words escape in fits and starts, and can at times be ...

President Biden’s approach to his own stutter highlights the stigma that the condition still brings. By David Leonhardt About three million Americans — or almost 1 percent of the population — speak ...

Every time I watch Joe Biden speak, I cringe. Fragmented phrases. Trouble starting sentences. Weird ticks. Strange words and abrupt catch phrases. It's not because I'm sad to see one of the country's ...

Nervousness. Stress. Shyness. Speaking more than one language. Thinking too quickly. None of these are reasons why people stutter. Yet, these misconceptions remain all too prevalent, says Angela ...

Gerald Maguire has stuttered since childhood, but you might not guess it from talking to him. For the past 25 years, Maguire—a psychiatrist at the University of California, Riverside—has been treating ...

Regardless of where you stand politically, there’s no denying this about President Joe Biden: Being so open about how he dealt with a childhood stutter — one that occasionally crept into his public ...

Austin and the University of Texas will soon have the largest center for research and education on stuttering. On Monday, UT announced a $20 million legacy grant given to the Moody College of ...

Holly Nover grew up trying to hide her stutter. "I was very self conscious," said the 40-year-old St. Johns, Fla. mom, whose 10-year-old son Colton also has a speech impediment. "So I developed habits ...

James Earl Jones had one of the most recognizable voices in the world, but he was silent for years as a child as he struggled with a stutter. Jones, a prolific actor who famously voiced Darth Vader in ...