Stuttering Facts
Types of Stuttering
Strategies
Famous People who Stutter
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These are 4 parts of the body that work together to help a person speak.

What is lips, teeth, tongue, vocal cords, lungs, and/or brain.

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This is a type of stuttering when no noise comes out. Having a hard time getting a word out.

What is a block?

100

This is a strategy that requires you to release your breath and tension at the beginning of a sentence 

The technique helps in starting words, phrases, or sentences more easily with reduced physical tension.

What are easy onsets?

100
This is a person who works along side the President of the United States and is a person who stutters.
Who is Vice President Joe Biden?
200
The number of people who stutter in the United States.
What is approximately 3 million people?
200
A type of stutter characterized by repeating a sound or word.
What is a repetition?
200
This is something some people who stutter do to learn strategies to manage stuttering and make sure that it doesn't have a negative impact on your life!
What is speech therapy?
200
She was an actress and model known for her blonde hair and beauty. She once was married to Joe DiMaggio, the famous baseball player. She died in 1962.
Who is Maryilyn Monroe
300
This is a common myth concerning what causes stuttering which is not true. (It may be a trigger, but not a cause!)
What is a nervousness/guilty?
300
This is a type of stuttering that causes you to stretch or elongate a sound or syllable of a word.
What is prolongation?
300

A "soft start" for speech production, allowing for a more natural and effortless flow of speech. The technique does not aim to eliminate stuttering but rather to help manage and improve the fluidity of communication.

What is Light Contact

300
This is a famous person who stutters and is the voice of Darth Vader.
Who is James Earl Jones?
400

We all experience moments where we do not speak smoothly. We may add "uh" or "you know" to what we say. Or, we may say a sound or word more than once. These are called disfluencies. People who stutter may have more disfluencies and different types of disfluencies.

What is stuttering?

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This is the term used to refer to behaviors that occur with stuttering that can be either learned habits or ways to avoid stuttering moments (ex. eye blinking, head nodding).
What are secondary behaviors?
400
This is a famous person who stutters who was a King during WWII. The movie "The King's Speech" was based on his life.
Who is King George VI?
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