How We Talk
We use our tongue, lips and jaw to talk
True
When you say a word or sound several times in a row
What is a repetition?
James Earl Jones (Darth Vader, Mufasa) is a person who stutters
True
Talking slower will help a person who stutters speak more fluently
True
More girls than boys stutter
Another name for voice box is larynx
True
When you hold onto a speech sound
What is a prolongation?
True
A person will not stutter while singing
True
If a person can't hear themselves talking they won't stutter
True
We give and receive messages when we talk
True
When no sound comes out
What is a block?
Singer Ed Sheeran is a person who stutters
True
In speech therapy, a person who stutters is taught to control their stuttering at all times and is "cured"
False
Controlling stuttering is easy and can be cured
False
Our vocal cords vibrate when we talk
True
Interjections (ah, um, well) are not a kind of dysfluency
False
Actress Marilyn Monroe was a person who stuttered
True
Stuttering tends to run in families
True
1% of people across the world in all cultures stutter
True
The major muscle of breathing is the larynx
False
A person who stutters will always have prolongations and blocks in their speech when they are stuttering
False
Former Vice President Joe Biden is a person who stutters
True
Trying to hide stuttering by avoiding words makes a person stutter less
False
Everyone in the world is disfluent in some way
True