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Researchers have found stuttering typically, but not always, runs in families leading to a belief the disorder is passed down. While there have been significant advances in finding specific genes resp...

Also an SLP, and I'd like to corroborate the need for investigation. It's important to be sure of the cause so that you get the right kind of support, whether medical management, fluency intervention...

This is what I came to say. It's probably nothing, but it's worth a once-over and a CAT scan to be sure. ...

Developing a stutter as an adult can be a warning sign that needs to be checked out by a neurologist. ...

As a speech-language pathologist I feel the need to say that adult-onset stuttering is typically not "developmental" stuttering (as in the condition most people in this sub have). Adult-onset stutteri...

> I hate that fact that speech pathologists and researchers don't understand what stuttering is Some don't have much of a grasp on it, but it really depends on the clinician. I think that some SLP...

I hate that fact that speech pathologists and researchers don't understand what stuttering is. It's like that line from Good Will Hunting "If I asked you about art, you'd probably give me the skinn...

Though there are theories of why stuttering occurs, there isn't any proven reason. Some attribute it to a stressful event in life at a young age, there are some links to heredity (but no proof), and t...

first, the science of stuttering isn't telling us that we can reduce the phenomenon to genes - mostly because the science of stuttering isn't _done_ yet. besides, stutters vary, and there are probably...

I recently just took up MJ for migraines. Seeing as I only smoke at home and I generally am more fluent around my wife, I haven't had the adverse speech effects yet (or I have, but they don't matter a...

I have been trapped in my little bubble for so long, man. I'm at college, 3rd year, but all of my friends have left and so it was just me. I panicked because my habits (smoking weed) does not help my ...

Alcohol increases my fluency to a certain degree, but the stutter is still there. MJ makes my stutter much worse because my mind is usually racing, and as a result I tend to talk too fast. However, my...

Yes and Yes. Usually my friends notice my stuttering decrease when I have a few drinks, I get more talkative when I'm drunk and stutter so much less. Same goes with MJ although I don't get more talka...

Stuttering is a physiological diorder at its core, with many psychological layers. It is a well documented fact that many stutterers do in fact stutter way less or don't stutter at all in certain sit...

Thank you so much! That's really interesting! It makes a lot of sense that stuttering throughout childhood can hugely impact the way people who stutter think and feel. However, I'm beginning to belie...

I think stuttering can be caused by things like childhood trauma, but I've thought about it a lot and I think it's purely neurological. Let me explain - breathing is something humans do without even t...

Don't cite me but researchers found that our brains don't produce speech like everyone else. Our speaking brains patterns are out of wack. Our singing brain patterns are normal though ;)...

Well thanks genetics. Why do you think there isn't a cure as of now? I mean surely it has to do with the broca area of the brain or something....

I've been vocal about this in the past. I really do not like the Valsalva Hypothesis. You can probably find it with a search for Valsalva on this subreddit. It's a hypothesis built on gibberish. Tha...

Humdronian Speech Exercise

Humdronian Speech Exercise Hi, I have recently discovered the "Valsalva Stuttering Mechanism" theory, and I have been impressed by it. Coming from a Science-background, it helps to learn about stutter...