Lawsuit filed over 1939 experiment to induce stuttering

Wednesday, August 6, 2003

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- For six months, Mary Nixon and 10 other orphans were relentlessly belittled for every little imperfection in their speech to test the theory that children become stutterers because of psychological pressure.

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