College student Jesse Findling's "American Idol" audition left judges Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan amazed ...

"American Idol" auditions tend to be a nerve-racking experience for most contestants, exponentially so for Jesse Findling, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's estimated that more than 79 million people worldwide live with a stutter. In the Bay Area, there's a small but mighty group looking to spread awareness and acceptance of ...

Jesse Findling, a college student with a lifelong stutter, earns a standing ovation from judges during his American Idol season 24 audition.

Jesse Findling, a 19-year-old contestant with a lifelong stutter, delivered an emotional performance on American Idol that earned a standing ovation. Findling shared how singing provides him freedom ...

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, roughly 3 million Americans stutter. Stuttering affects people of all ages. While 75% of children recover from ...

What I remember most about my stutter is not the stupefying vocal paralysis, the pursed eyes or the daily ordeal of gagging on my own speech, sounds ricocheting off the back of my teeth like pennies ...

In May, National Stuttering Awareness Week brought much-needed attention to stuttering, which affects 1% of adults and 5% of children worldwide. But stuttering in the workplace still does not get much ...

Maya Chupkov has all the words to say about stuttering. She didn’t always. The Burbank native remembers interminable days as a fourth-grader, being singled out of class to attend speech therapy. “I ...

"What somebody who stutters has to say is just as important as what anybody else has to say: It just might take them a little longer to get it out.” As his peers prepared for another school year, then ...