A global study has identified the DNA markers for stuttering, providing a genetic link that will pave the way for clinicians to predict which family members will experience the speech disorder ...

10-year-old Harriet Hewitt, the fourth-generation member of her family to stutter, took part in the global study with every generation up to her Great-Grandfather providing saliva samples to help map ...

For a long time, scientists have suspected that stuttering — a common speech condition that affects an estimated 1 in every 100 people —... What causes stuttering? It might be in your DNA For a long ...

Stuttering affects many people; indeed, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) estimates that stuttering affects approximately 1% of the world’s population (including about three ...

Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD, and colleagues conducted the largest genetic analysis of stuttering to date, demonstrating a clear genetic basis for the speech disorder and highlighting neurological ...