Is stuttering associated with lower intelligence?
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Is stuttering associated with lower intelligence? Hi everyone, I saw a post on here the other day that was attempting to claim that people who stutter have lower intelligence than average. That is nonsense and I will demonstrate why with evidence. I don't understand the motive of these people that make these stupid claims, but they must be scrutinized. Perhaps some people want us to feel bad so that we buy their courses or whatever. Here we go. 1. Christine Weber-Fox et al. (2014) found that children who stutter have IQ abilities within the normal range. * [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3687214/#S5](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3687214/#S5) 2. Chow et al. (2023) found no difference in intelligence between children and adults who stutter and children and adults who don't stutter * [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9986501/](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9986501/) 3. Treleaven & Coalson (2021) reported "No significant differences between groups in nonverbal IQ were detected” * [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7736488/](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7736488/) 4. Farazi et al. (2018) found children who stutter had above average IQ * [https://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-2300-en.html](https://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-2300-en.html) So there we have it. The research states that people who stutter have normal levels of intelligence. As a side note, the study by Chow et al. (2023) was looking at what happens in the brain between children that recovered from stuttering versus children that persisted with there stuttering. Interesting study if you'd like to read more. Anyway, if you have any questions, I'm happy to try my best to answer them