A new study from Wayne State University and partners is changing the way scientists and the public understand stuttering.
Researchers studied genetic data from 1.1 million 23andMe customers and found 57 DNA regions linked to stuttering, some tied to how the brain processes speech and rhythm.
Shelly Jo Kraft, a geneticist and speech-language pathologist at Wayne State University, who co-authored the study, said it gave her team a rare opportunity to study more than 99,000 people who stutte…