Published on
Tuesday 20 August 2024
First Community’s Adult Speech and Language Therapy team provide:
- 1:1 therapy to help people manage stammering
- Group support
- Signposting to other support.
Please contact your GP if you would like to be referred.
You can find out more about First Community Adult Speech and Language Therapy team here: https://www.firstcommunityhealthcare.co.uk/what-we-do/community-and-out…
Information about stammering
Stammering (also known as stuttering) is a difference in the way some people speak. Everyone’s stammer is unique and everyone stammers differently.
Did you know…
- 1% of adults stammer
- Someone who stutters might repeat sounds or words e.g. “My name is J-J-J-J-John”
- Someone who stutters might stretch or prolong sounds e.g. “Can you read me a sssssstory?”
- Someone who stutters might silently block where a sound gets stuck e.g. “---------- Can I have ….”
- People who stammer are not nervous or anxious
- People can stammer less on some days or in certain situations, and more in others
- Lots of people find they stammer more when they are tired
- Around 60% of people who stammer have a family member who stammers or used to stammer
- Stammering often has a genetic link, meaning it can run in families.