My colleague, Katie Schlagheck, Ohio State University Extension educator in Ottawa and Sandusky counties, wrote a great article a couple of months ago about stuttering in children. She specializes in ...

ALL RIGHT. FIVE ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. NOW, THE SCIENCE BEHIND STUTTERING. WHAT’S NORMAL AND WHAT’S NOT FOR YOUR TODDLER. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT DOCTOR ERIKA LEE, A PSYCHOLOGIST AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S ...

For decades, many pediatricians have reassured worried parents that children who stutter will likely outgrow it. Although that’s usually true, this approach — while statistically grounded — can miss ...

Most cases of stuttering actually begin during childhood. One of the major causes of stuttering is genetics; it runs in families, and a male child is more likely to stutter than a female child.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Michigan State University’s Developmental Speech Laboratory $3.1 million to conduct a five-year research study that aims to ...

Former NBA star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is teaming up with Reps. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., and Shomari Figures, D-Ala., to help pass legislation at the federal level that would help increase access to ...

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 ...