As a perpetual &quot;Like&quot;r&#x2F;stutterer&#x2F;&quot;mmm&quot;er...<p>I&#x27;ve found that when made conscious of it, I&#x27;m usually able to slow down my speech just a little bit and that alone gives my brain the time it needs to form thoughts properly and communicate clearly. At worst it&#x27;s a good exercise in thinking a bit before speaking, especially for us ADHD-types who tend to blurt out the wrong thing at the wrong time quit often.<p>Our brains seem pretty good at filtering that sort of stuff out, but anecdotally having too many filler words does seem to hurt both comprehension and impressions.<p>So I think it&#x27;s more of a pacing thing then a latency thing. Slow down your speech a bit and you&#x27;ll be in a more comfortable range.<p>(Side note as a serial interrupter: it&#x27;s usually nice to let people finish talking)