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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study published in Nature Genetics has identified 48 genes and 57 genomic "hotspots" associated with stuttering, confirming its hereditary nature. The research analyzed DNA samples from one million ...

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 ...

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 ...