Who is affected by stuttering
About 5% of children stutter for 6 months or more when learning to speak.1 Stuttering most commonly begins around age 5 but generally occurs any time between ages 2 and 7.2 Approximately 50% to 80% of children who stutter have normal disfluency, which resolves on its own by late childhood.
Those with persistent speech problems have developmental stuttering. Boys are affected 3 times more frequently than girls.2 Approximately 1% of adolescents are affected by developmental stuttering. This figure drops to approximately 0.8% by adulthood.2
| Author: | Amy Fackler, MA Debby Golonka, MPH | Last Updated: September 15, 2006 |
| Medical Review: | Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics Robert M. Kroll, BSc, MSc, PhD - Speech Pathology | |
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