Joe Biden, who was elected the 46th President of the United States, is a little unique compared to his previous predecessors. He will be the first US president with stuttering.


When talking about his stuttering recently, Biden said that he had encountered a lot of discrimination and ridicule due to stuttering in his life, but it also allowed him to learn a lot, and at the same time, he could understand the pain and torture of others. Stuttering, commonly known as stuttering, stumbling, and leaking, is a language disorder that develops in childhood, and some lasts until adulthood. It is generally manifested as difficulty in pronouncing certain notes when anxious, nervous, or shy. According to reports, most stuttering can be corrected by psychological and language training methods.

According to expert estimates, the proportion of the global population suffering from stuttering is about 3%. In this way, the absolute population of stuttering worldwide is not a small number.

Among British adults, about 1.5 million people suffer from stuttering of varying degrees. In children, stuttering often begins to appear between the ages of 2-5 years. Among them, boys stutter more than girls. King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II of England, had stuttering when he was alive. Hollywood even made a film about how he overcomes stuttering and gave a speech to the country.

Stuttering and correction

The pathological mechanism of stuttering has not yet been fully ascertained, but it is generally believed to be related to genetic, neurophysiological, family and social reasons.


The severity of stuttering is different, and severe cases require psychological treatment.

Many victims of stuttering have suffered discrimination, ridicule, etc., and therefore lack self-confidence.

The verbal fluency of stuttering patients tends to vary with the situation. For example, as the BBC reporter Baker said earlier, the symptoms of some stuttering patients may get worse when calling. But in other activities, such as singing and reading aloud, it will be improved or even significantly reduced.

At present, there are many treatments and correction methods for stuttering, but no effective means to cure stuttering has been found.

According to the NHS website of the British public health system, stuttering can be effectively improved by the following methods:

Speech therapy: first learn to slow down and pay attention to where you stutter. After that, slowly form a natural language model and practice repeatedly.

Cognitive behavioral therapy: This type of psychotherapy can help identify and change the thinking styles that make you stutter more severe. At the same time, it also helps to solve stress, anxiety and self-confidence issues related to stuttering.

If the child is stuttering, parents must be involved in speech therapy to help the child understand stuttering, improve language fluency and increase self-confidence.