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From: Greg Snyder
Date: 04 Oct 2008
Time: 20:53:45 -0500
Remote Name: 207.68.248.51
Hi Bob. It's generally accepted that more girls than boys will have persistent developmental stuttering. Depending on the study, the ratio seems to be anywhere from 3 boys to every 1 girl, to 5 boys to every 1 girl. (Somewhere from 3:1 to 5:1.) Why do boys tend to stutter more than girls? I wish we knew. Maybe the genetics of stuttering are such that boys are more susceptible to girls. Another possible explanation is to suggest that there is a language component to stuttering, and that girls may be better at language use than boys, and therefore stutter less. And there are a couple of other possible ideas why boys may stutter more than girls, but they're all just guesses. Wish I could give you a better or more definitive answer--but I hope this helps.