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Stammering or stuttering is a condition in which a person has a speech disorder where he repeats or prolongs words, syllables, or phrases. The cause is not known, and sometimes there are other family members with the same problem.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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Why would i stammer when i read out loud?

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Is there any medication to cure stammering?

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Is there any medicine that causes stammering?

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How can get treated for a stammering problem?

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Why do I stammer in person, but not on the phone?

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Has anyone found a new method of curing stammering?

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Is one gender more likely to stammer than the other?

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What is the definition or description of: Stammering?

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I'm having stammering problem. How should I control it?

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A 20-year old male asked:

I have a stammering problem. What can I do to make this problem better?

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A 25-year old male asked:

Sometimes i really get stuck and thus stammer can you suggest a solution?

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A 20-year old male asked:

I sometimes stammer. It's not like that as if I stammer on every single word. I only stammer on few words and that too sometimes. what can I do?

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A 26-year old male asked:

I possess stammer from childhood, it became less frequent as age grown but now suddenly I feel more stammering nowadays, why is it happening suddenly?

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How to quit stammering?

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How can I overcome stammering?

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How could a stammering start a business?

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Help! need to know if there's a cure for stammering ?

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A 19-year old male asked:

What practice i do for stammering blockage in some word?

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A 19-year old male asked:

Why i get block speech in some specific word.like stammering blockage?

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A 42-year old male asked:

My age is approx. 42 & I have stammering problem. It is in also in my maternal uncle & now in my son. Is this a hereditary problem & any solution ?

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A 16-year old male asked:

Sir i cant speak fluent i want to speak something but speak something else and ya i dont stammer but i misplace words for ex inhail nihail?

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How can I treat stammering/stuttering?

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How can I prevent myself from stammering?

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How can I stop stammering without therapy?

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Will a concussion cause you to start stammering?

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