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1% of the world is afflicted with stuttering, thats approximately 66 million worldwide.
Despite decades of research, experts cannot determine the cause of stuttering. However, there is no proven link between childhood trauma or parenting.
There is no known cure for stuttering. There are many therapies available but they require hard work and perserverance.
Different people stutter to varying degrees. Some are more severe to the listener, overt stutterers, whereas others hide their stutter very well, these people are known as covert stutterers.
Four times as many males are affected than females.
Generally people do not stutter when they sing, whisper or speak in chorus.
Although stuttering may seem like a relatively superficial problem, for the stutterer it can influence career choices, relationships and all aspects of daily speaking life.
Many famous people have stuttered including Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Willis and , more recently, Gareth Gates. Gareth is now an instructor on the McGuire Programme.