Stuttering
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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STUTTERING or stammering, speech disorder marked by hesitation...surroundings, the advent of a younger child in the family, or by a family...overly concerned with childhood speech interruptions, which occur...condition. Parents with young children who stutter have been urged...about themselves and their speech. Older stutterers are taught...