10 Causes of Stuttering
Cause #5: Thinking
Speech usually comes freely to us, with little to no effort needed for the words to come out of our mouths. When we know what we want to say, the words usually come fluently and freely, but this is not always the case. Sometimes, especially on advanced topics, the words might not always come to us as freely as we would like.
We will sometimes need to think about which words we need to use. This can lead to pauses in speech and people will handle this in different ways. Some might think quietly, others might “uhm” and “ah,” while others will get stuck on certain words, causing them to stutter like a stuck record. We will usually return to full fluency once we’ve found the word we’re looking for.
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