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Are tonsils a contributor? I have had a stammer/stutter ever since I was able to speak. A few months ago, I was looking over old Nursery/kindergarten notes where teachers wrote notes on how I was doing (like they always do, to anyone), I came across a section where they were teaching me phonics and I was struggling to pronounce harsher syllables like “B” “G” “D” etc, and I was quite slow to react/hesitant to speak; what was also in the notes is how one of the teachers noticed my tonsils were quite large, which can effect how somebody talks. I do notice when I am ill, and have swollen tonsils, it further impacts my speech impediment. There is no genetic stuttering in my family across 3 generations, so it’s always been a puzzle, questioning why me? I’m 22 now, so have been stammering for 19-20 years. I had speech therapy from the age of 4 to determine whether it was developmental stammering and if it wasn’t (which it’s not) then to learn how to semi control it; talking at a slower pace, longing out a syllable etc etc, but it’s always been a mystery as to what actually has caused my stammer when I speak, but of course like most people who have a stutter is fine when I sing. Anyone think tonsils or anything like that may be a genuine contributing factor?