Author Stephen Hill http://www.gain-confidence.co.uk http://www.stuttering-help.co.uk http://www.stutter-cure.comStuttering is a problem that affects approximately one in every hundred people. It is mainly men who stutter, seven out of ten people who stutter are male.
There are many types of stutter. Family and friends may not even be aware that a person they know has a stutter. That is because person is able to hide stutter, by using word avoidance or word substitution.
Other people are unable to ddo this and have what they would consider an openely more severe stutter.
Stuttering would normally occur more when a person is:
under pressure when tired meeting new people speaking in an uncomfortable situation asking questions, for example asking for directions introducing people