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The neurological signals being sent to our speech system as stutterers are weaker. When we focus on different ways of speaking (techniques), the signals amplify and come through clearer (less stutteri...

Sure, there's something neurological about it. And there's also something physiological about it. Or biological or psychological or social or... etc. I think we should best construe of stutter as a _...

There’s something neurological about stuttering

There’s something neurological about stuttering You know when you find a technique online, such as talking in an accent or singing the first syllable, and you try it out and you’re suddenly fluent? Bu...

Hello, Stuttering is a very complex disorder and every person who stutters is unique. The amount of dysfluencies in your speech related to stuttering can be affected by many thing; chemicals, fatigu...

Every time I get considerably drunk, the next day my stuttering gets worse. Does that mean that even a small amount of neurological damage has an impact on stuttering?

Every time I get considerably drunk, the next day my stuttering gets worse. Does that mean that even a small amount of neurological damage has an impact on stuttering? ...

We know what part of the brain is responsible for speech (Broca's Area) and that damage in that area can cause speech impairment (even Sign Language) but yeah, thats pretty much all we know in that re...

Being a stutterer makes me sometimes ponder how little we know about a human brain....

Hello, I am pretty sure your epiglottis has nothing to do with stuttering. There is a very high variability of epiglottis shapes in people. The function of the epiglottis is to block the airway to ...

It is believed that stuttering doesn´t only come from an overall dopamine dysfunction, amygdala is involved too, I think this is the why your stuttering increases when you have anxiety. In my case for...

Just a grain of salt; as a paramedic, when i see abdominal breathing, it's noted as accessory muscle respirations (same wording as abdominal really) and as a bad thing that contributes to SOB (shortn...

What's fascinating is that they mention defects in lysosomal storage enzymes were found in some stutterers. I got a DNA genome test and i'm a carrier of a gene defect that is similar (pseudoarylsulfat...

Like mutty said, Neurological base with psychological factors. Without the neurology we'd be like every other anxious person out there. ...

It is widely accepted in the speech therapy community that stuttering has neurological basis; however, psychological factors exacerbate the stuttering (frequency, type, etc)...

We'll first have to define what we mean by "psychological" to get this line of thinking off the ground. For instance, psychological as opposed to what? Something "purely physical"? What would this ev...

It points to a psychological aspect. It's commonly known that psychological issues aggrevate stuttering. But it's not the rootcause. And stuttering is a communication disorder, not just a speech one. ...

There is enough scientific evidence out there that stuttering is no purely psychological. A stuttering gene has been found and stutterers have a reduce blood flow in the speech area of the brain....

Why do I stutter...

Why do I stutter... Why do I stutter? And why do I stutter more in specific situations? With different people? With people I have known for years and years on different days? Why do I stutter more whe...

It’s not that we are scared of talking. I mean some are because the anxieties and how people react to stuttering can be taunting. But stuttering is a neurological disorder or in genetics from your fam...

That doesn't sound right. Stutter is defined as not being able to talk fluently. It is by this defect that we can acquire anxiety and stress in speaking situations to begin with. Stutter doesn't come...

Blinking alot?

Blinking alot? Hey guys, I noticed I blink a lot while i'm stuttering. It's like my brain is going hay-wire, and some of the regions that control my eyes and facial muscles gets caught in the short-c...