Words Unspoken: The Science, Experience, and Treatment of Stuttering

Stuttering is a mystery. The 99% of people who speak fluently are often shocked when they meet someone whose speech stutters and halts. What's far more surprising, however, is how little most stutterers know about the condition despite living with it their entire lives: What causes it? Why does it sometimes get better, why does it sometimes get worse? Will it ever go away?

These interruptions to fluent speech may seem minor, but they can have a major impact on a person's life. Stutterers hav...