Understanding Stuttering What is stuttering? Stuttering is more than just stuttering. It arises due to an interaction among several factors that are affected by both the child’s genes and their environment: Language Skills for formulating messages (planning) Motor Skills for producing rapid and precise speech (producing) Temperament for reacting to disruptions in speech (reacting & […]
Stuttering
Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a type of speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary, spasmodic repetitions of sound. Stuttering is also the prolongation of vocal sounds, words or phrases, syllables, and silent pauses or blocks in speech while pronouncing initial consonants.