In the beginning, God created heaven and earth and the Ferrari. And then he created Ferruccio Lamborghini, a man convinced he could have done a better job of just about all of it. Ferruccio is long gone, but Lamborghini management, under the watchful eye of Audi, carries the same conviction.
Doctors don't know why this happens. Stuttering may run in the family. It may be triggered by things like stress or a developmental delay. In rare cases, stuttering may be caused by brain damage, such as after a head injury or a stroke.
1 Many children first begin to experience difficulty in speech fluency when they are learning complex grammatical forms. 2  Some children, especially those who come from a family where stuttering is common, may inherit a tendency to stutter.