Latest Speech disfluency Stories

(Ivanhoe Newswire) --Those "ums" and "uhs" and other filler clauses that break up your sentences may actually be beneficial for toddlers. A new study at the University of Rochester's Baby Lab found that toddlers can use those common hesitations, known as disfluencies, to help them learn language better.One example researchers gave was a parent who was teaching a toddler the names of animals. If the parent points to a rhinoceros and says, "Look at the, uh, uh,...