Documentary

My War With Words

7th January 2015 at 2:52pm

One in every hundred adults has a stammer. It's typically recognised by a tense struggle to get words out. Stammering or stuttering varies tremendously from person to person.

Many of those suffering from speech impediments are carrying out day-to-day jobs under intense and stressful situations where the effect of a stammer is put to the test.

So how do they cope?

Amy Matthews has been meeting servicemen dealing with the condition.