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In the world, approximately four times as many men as women #stutter, encompassing 70 million people worldwide.
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People who #stutter often learn to stutter less severely and be less affected emotionally, though others may make no progress with therapy.
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Once #stuttering has become established, only 18% of children who stutter after five years recover spontaneously.
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#Stuttering is typically a developmental disorder beginning in early childhood and continuing into adulthood in at least 20% of cases.
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More similar to #stuttering disorders include palilalia, spasmodic dysphonia, selective mutism, and social anxiety.
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Disorders with symptoms resembling #stuttering include Asperger's syndrome, cluttering, Parkinson's speech, essential tremor.
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Brain scans of adult people who stutter have found increased activation of the right hemisphere, which is associated with emotions.
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There is evidence that #stuttering is more common in children who also have concomitant speech, language, learning or motor difficulties.
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However, twin and adoption studies suggest that genetic factors interact with environmental factors for #stuttering to occur.
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Children who have first-degree relatives who stutter are three times as likely to develop a stutter.
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In #stuttering, many individuals have fluency when it comes to tasks that allow for automatic processing without substantial planning.
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Many perceive #stutterers as less intelligent, however, as a group, individuals who #stammer tend to be of above average intelligence.
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#Stutterers often find that their stuttering fluctuates and that they have "good" days, "bad" days and "#stutterfree" days.
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#Stuttering might be more severe or less, depending on whether or not the #stutterer is self-conscious about their stuttering.
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