What Causes A Stutter
Health Encyclopedia: Stuttering
Stuttering is a disorder that involves hesitation, repetition, or stumbling while speaking.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Young children often go through a short period of stuttering, but this phase is very brief. For a small percentage (less than 1%), the stuttering progresses from simple repetition of consonants to repetition of words and phrases. Later, vocal spasms develop with a forced, almost explosive sound to the speech.
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