The Social Side of Stuttering
b'President-elect Joe Biden has spoken publicly about his childhood stutter. An estimated 1% of the world\'s adults stutter, yet the condition \\u2014 which likely has a genetic component \\u2014 remains misunderstood. NPR Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong speaks with speech pathologist Naomi Rodgers about her research on adolescent stuttering and why the medical model of stuttering is problematic.
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