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What is having dysfluent speech?
Stuttering
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Stuttering affects this many people around the world.
70 million
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What is stretching out the first sound(s) in the sentence slowly and easily?
Easy onset
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Stuttering is more common in this gender.
Boys
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What is touching the articulators (lips, tongue, and teeth) together very lightly when speaking?
Light Contact
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This percentage of people who stutter also have a relative who stutters.
60%
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What is grouping words together and putting pauses between them?
Chunking
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About this many Americans stutter.
1 million
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after a stutter, stop, take a breathe, & say it again more easily.
Cancellation
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This percentage of all kids stutter at some point in their childhood.
5%
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