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Jones said it was the painful experience of being a stutterer that made him appreciate speech with such passion.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

"I would absolutely love to make a movie about a stutterer," actress Emily Blunt has told the BBC.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

Biden has noted to a former aide that one of the hardest things for a stutterer to do is speak while standing up.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

As a covert stutterer, I felt the pressure to substitute words that I think I might not get out the first time.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2021

The stutterer, on the other hand, has full control of the muscles of expiration.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.