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stuttering, disorder that involves hesitation, repitition, stumbling speaking, young children often go, a short period of stuttering, phase is very brief, small percentage, less than 1%, stuttering progresses from simple repetition of consonants to repetition of words, phrases, vocal spasms, a forced, explosive sound, speech, stuttering tends to run in families, unclear to what extent genetic factors, evidence that stuttering associated, neurological deficits, psychological components tend to make the symptoms worse, each case, surprisingly, significant speech difficulty often don't stutter, singing, alone talking to themselves, stuttering tends to persist into adulthood more frequently in males than females, symptoms of stuttering, a hesitancy in starting sentences, phrases, no testing, , no one best treatment, stuttering, most early cases, short-term, resolve on own, in persistent cases, speech therapy, research on therapies is on-going, investigated, what kinds of help most useful, who stutter find that, they read aloud, sing they, not stutter, the child's self-esteem to practice reading aloud, singing, in the majority of children who develop stuttering, phase is transient, speech, return to normal, obvious increases in speech difficulty, lead to persistent stuttering into adulthood, complications of stuttering, social problems, fear of ridicule, make a child avoid speaking entirely, call provider, stuttering is interfering, child's school work, emotional development, gentle attention, parents, emphasis on the stuttering, help the child feel better, the problem.