Famous People Who Stutter
A famous red-haired singer who sings "Bad Habits" and "Shivers"
Ed Sheeran
A type of disfluency where the airflow is blocked and no sound comes out, although the person is trying to speak.
Blocks
A strategy where you take in a deep breath, and slowly let out the air, easing into first word/sound in the sentence.
Easy Onset
True or False? Stuttering is contagious
False
To learn strategies to help your stutter, you would go to ____________
Speech therapy
The President of The United States of America
Joe Biden
A type of disfluency where the person repeats a sound or word multiple times.
Repetitions
When you're in the middle of a stutter, you stop and restart the word or beginning of the sentence rather than pushing through the stutter.
Cancellation
True or False? If there is a family history of stuttering, a person may be more likely to stutter.
True.
Before you speak you inhale air, as you're speaking, you ______ air
exhale
A famous golfer whose first name is a animal
Tiger Woods
A type of disfluency where the person prolongs a sound for too long in the word or sentence.
Prolongations
A strategy where you are lightly touching your tongue, lips and teeth together to smooth out your speech.
Light Contacts
True or False? More boys typically stutter than girls.
True.
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A famous singer known as "The King of Rock and Roll"
Elvis Presley
A normal type of disfluency where the person may say "um" or "uh" as they are speaking and thinking of what to say.
Interjections
A strategy where you stretch out the first word/sound in the beginning of the sentence (like a rubber band) to smooth out your speech.
Stretchy Speech
True or False? Stuttering can be cured.
False
Eye-blinking, facial tension and tongue clicking while stuttering are all considering _________ behaviors.
Secondary
A famous actress who was in the movie "Jungle Cruise"
Emily Blunt
Circumlocution
A pacing strategy where you tap out the syllables/words in your head or with your foot/leg/hand to keep the rhythm and beat.
Beat Speech
True or False? Anxiety/nervousness causes someone to stutter.
False.
The three main types of dysfluencies are ______, ________ and ________
Prolongations, repetitions and blocks.