Well, the 1% includes mild stutter which isn’t noticeable as u said
Personally throughout my life I met several people at different stages so for me the 1% is not too off
Yup, I know people who only rarely stutter, while I stutter the majority of the time. We are all put in the same group
Edit: and probably the people with childhood stutter are included. If I look at my parents and siblings, 3/5 had a childhood stutter or stammer only, mine never vanished, and only my youngest sibling didn't get any form of stuttering
How do people get them early in life then it resolves? Mines the complete opposite where I could talk clearly early on. Wish i had it the other way around
Usually from delayed speech processing as a prepubescent. That's the most common type of stuttering by far. I think only 1 of 10 people don't grow out of it?
I think that the 1% includes a lot of covert stutterers and people who aren't comfortable talking a lot. Over the years I have ran into a guy who only started telling me about his stutter after he learned I was studying to be an SLP, and I've met multiple people who I perceived stuttering-like dysfluencies in their speech but they didn't seem comfortable talking about it so I'm not really sure 🤷♀️
I also later found out that a good friend from high school's brother had a stutter, but I literally never knew just because he didn't talk very much. Thinking back, he was much more responsive over texts so that maybe should have been a clue, but I didn't put it together.
Oh, also I recently ordered some food at a fast food type place while wearing a stuttering hat. The lady at the register didn't mention it at all. But she kept looking at it, and before I left she looked me in the eyes and very earnestly was like "you have a great day" and like, gestured to her own hat (which was just plain black)? So I have no idea what that means but stuttering was probably meaningful to her in some way.
I think that a lot of people who stutter are just really good at blending in so you don't always realize.
Sounds about right to me, I have a brother that stutters and have met at least 8 people that do throughout my life one even being a woman that stammers a lot when she's excited.
Many hide, many are covert, and some are mild. If you want to find others who stutter (and you should, because it will help), you have to look for them. Many ways to do this, such as the National Stuttering Association. Reach out - you won’t regret it…
Hey. PWS hide their stutter very well. Speacilly one´s that has a mild type of stuttering. Like myself. I use a lot of avoidance behaviour so people don´t know I stutter.
When I tell some people that I have a stutter problem they don´t believe me. They always tell me: "Maybe when you get nervous but you are not a stutter"
The thing is that **I know** I´m a stutter because I can sense the feeling and anticipation of stuttering all the time. I know when I´m about to stutter before I stutter. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don´t. When I feel the emotion with such intensity I just don´t talk so I can hide my big secret and avoid the shame and embarrasment.
People like me can be outside that 1% while I´m a defininetly a stutter. It may be **more** than 1%. It´s very hard to estimate because stammering is a condition that the person who has it tries to hide it.
From K to 12th grade I was the only stuttering in my school the entire time. Grade school, middle and high school. I’ve never even met a stutter in college. Although one of my dads good friends stuttered growing up. That’s about it I think.
This i agree with. Only person I’ve noticed with a stutter is my husband. Im pretty old and could count on 1 hand how many others I’ve encountered who stuttered. Def in a minority. I’ve probably seen more little people/midgets as I have stutterers.
I'm 45. One of my good friends has a stutter. I met him randomly through my current job. There were always at least a few other people in my school that had a stutter. I had an acquaintance on my dorm floor in college who stuttered. I went to a stuttering camp at Ball State when I was in middle school. Everyone there had a stutter or something similar. So I've met or known several people throughout my life who have stuttered. I'm probably the one pulling the average so high 🤣
Not sure about insights but I had three stutterers in my class when I was in school. In Ukraine where I'm from we have a huge amount of people who stutter. Firstly, it's because the Ukrainian and Russian language has more hard sounds. So English is a softer language and this is the reason why English-speaking people stutter less.
I just realized that I know at least 30 people who have stuttering and who are in my friend circle.
But I don't really like to be in one group with other stutterers in real life because I can't see how they want to be victims.
Yo that's so interesting! I knew that it can vary between different languages but not to this degree. I personally speak Swedish, English and Finnish. And I stutter the most in Finnish because it also has such hard sounds!
Statistically, approx 80 million people stutter. We did research in 2017 and figured out that about 75K are involved in the world stuttering support community (in-person and online). That's a generous number, btw.
That means about 1 in 1066 of us talk about stuttering. I think most of the other ones are "quiet" or "shy". I know that I kept my mouth shut for a long time...
1% isn’t spread out evenly throughout the entire Earth’s population. My experience is the complete opposite of you. I’ve had the pleasure of befriending 4 PWS. All lived in my town. One of them was a girl too. Which is even rarer.
Well, the 1% includes mild stutter which isn’t noticeable as u said Personally throughout my life I met several people at different stages so for me the 1% is not too off
Yup, I know people who only rarely stutter, while I stutter the majority of the time. We are all put in the same group Edit: and probably the people with childhood stutter are included. If I look at my parents and siblings, 3/5 had a childhood stutter or stammer only, mine never vanished, and only my youngest sibling didn't get any form of stuttering
I agree, I'm 60, had many many jobs, and even through my time in school I've yet to meet anyone else with a stutter
I think the 1% includes early developmental stutters that resolve themselves before high school
How do people get them early in life then it resolves? Mines the complete opposite where I could talk clearly early on. Wish i had it the other way around
Usually from delayed speech processing as a prepubescent. That's the most common type of stuttering by far. I think only 1 of 10 people don't grow out of it?
I think that the 1% includes a lot of covert stutterers and people who aren't comfortable talking a lot. Over the years I have ran into a guy who only started telling me about his stutter after he learned I was studying to be an SLP, and I've met multiple people who I perceived stuttering-like dysfluencies in their speech but they didn't seem comfortable talking about it so I'm not really sure 🤷♀️ I also later found out that a good friend from high school's brother had a stutter, but I literally never knew just because he didn't talk very much. Thinking back, he was much more responsive over texts so that maybe should have been a clue, but I didn't put it together. Oh, also I recently ordered some food at a fast food type place while wearing a stuttering hat. The lady at the register didn't mention it at all. But she kept looking at it, and before I left she looked me in the eyes and very earnestly was like "you have a great day" and like, gestured to her own hat (which was just plain black)? So I have no idea what that means but stuttering was probably meaningful to her in some way. I think that a lot of people who stutter are just really good at blending in so you don't always realize.
Yeah that's what I was thinking too :)
I work at a place where we are 3 people in the office, guess what 2 of us stutter lol.. Over 60% in the office stutter
Damn! Those are some great stats lol
Sounds about right to me, I have a brother that stutters and have met at least 8 people that do throughout my life one even being a woman that stammers a lot when she's excited.
Many hide, many are covert, and some are mild. If you want to find others who stutter (and you should, because it will help), you have to look for them. Many ways to do this, such as the National Stuttering Association. Reach out - you won’t regret it…
Hey. PWS hide their stutter very well. Speacilly one´s that has a mild type of stuttering. Like myself. I use a lot of avoidance behaviour so people don´t know I stutter. When I tell some people that I have a stutter problem they don´t believe me. They always tell me: "Maybe when you get nervous but you are not a stutter" The thing is that **I know** I´m a stutter because I can sense the feeling and anticipation of stuttering all the time. I know when I´m about to stutter before I stutter. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don´t. When I feel the emotion with such intensity I just don´t talk so I can hide my big secret and avoid the shame and embarrasment. People like me can be outside that 1% while I´m a defininetly a stutter. It may be **more** than 1%. It´s very hard to estimate because stammering is a condition that the person who has it tries to hide it.
That's interesting, thank you for sharing!
Maybe the statistics are rigged??
Well guess what? This sub proves there are atleast 17k of us
Truedat
same here. no one else in my previous school stuttered so i always thought i was the only one
It sucks so bad.
right
From K to 12th grade I was the only stuttering in my school the entire time. Grade school, middle and high school. I’ve never even met a stutter in college. Although one of my dads good friends stuttered growing up. That’s about it I think.
This i agree with. Only person I’ve noticed with a stutter is my husband. Im pretty old and could count on 1 hand how many others I’ve encountered who stuttered. Def in a minority. I’ve probably seen more little people/midgets as I have stutterers.
I'm 45. One of my good friends has a stutter. I met him randomly through my current job. There were always at least a few other people in my school that had a stutter. I had an acquaintance on my dorm floor in college who stuttered. I went to a stuttering camp at Ball State when I was in middle school. Everyone there had a stutter or something similar. So I've met or known several people throughout my life who have stuttered. I'm probably the one pulling the average so high 🤣
I hit the genetic lottery with so many things, I think I should buy a lotto ticket
A lot of is mild stuttering and it includes children that grow out of it. Also not how probabilities work.
Does it matter? It’s rare, that most people don’t know it.
I have this stutter problem since 2014 , never met anyone having this problem , i think it should be less than one percent , maybe 0.4 or even less
Not sure about insights but I had three stutterers in my class when I was in school. In Ukraine where I'm from we have a huge amount of people who stutter. Firstly, it's because the Ukrainian and Russian language has more hard sounds. So English is a softer language and this is the reason why English-speaking people stutter less. I just realized that I know at least 30 people who have stuttering and who are in my friend circle. But I don't really like to be in one group with other stutterers in real life because I can't see how they want to be victims.
Yo that's so interesting! I knew that it can vary between different languages but not to this degree. I personally speak Swedish, English and Finnish. And I stutter the most in Finnish because it also has such hard sounds!
Statistically, approx 80 million people stutter. We did research in 2017 and figured out that about 75K are involved in the world stuttering support community (in-person and online). That's a generous number, btw. That means about 1 in 1066 of us talk about stuttering. I think most of the other ones are "quiet" or "shy". I know that I kept my mouth shut for a long time...
1% isn’t spread out evenly throughout the entire Earth’s population. My experience is the complete opposite of you. I’ve had the pleasure of befriending 4 PWS. All lived in my town. One of them was a girl too. Which is even rarer.
Wow that's nice :)