Anatomy
These vibrate to make speech sounds
Vocal Folds
Joe Biden
Known as easy or effortless flow of speech.
Smooth Speech
T/F: Stuttering runs in families.
True. About 60% of people who stutter also have a relative who stutters.
These open and close my mouth for speech sound production (especially important for P, B, and M sounds).
Lips
A famous blonde American actress who was popular in the 1950s.
Marilyn Monroe
Name the type of bumpy speech:
Repeating parts of words or phrases
Repetition
T/F: People who stutter always stutter the same way.
False. Stuttering is unpredictable and can be better one day and worse the next. It may even change from one sentence to the next!
This tells parts of my body what to do.
Brain
An American football player (athlete) who was the running back for the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL.
Darren Sproles
Name the type of bumpy speech:
Speech and sometimes all airflow are stopped.
Blocks
T/F: There is a cure for stuttering.
False. There is no "cure" or device that will get rid of stuttering. HOWEVER, speech-language therapy can teach techniques to help make speaking easier for those who stutter.
This moves around inside my mouth to help make speech sounds.
Tongue
A professional American athlete who is known as one of the greatest golfers of his time. He played in the most recent PGA Tour in Augusta, Georgia.
Tiger Woods
Name the type of bumpy speech:
holding out a sound for longer than usual during speech
Prolongations
T/F: Stuttering is about 4x as common in boys than in girls.
True.
These take in air + push air out through the vocal folds.
Lungs
A famous American singer/musician from the late 1950s-60s known as "The King" (of rock and roll). Some of his famous songs included Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, and Burning Love.
Elvis Presley
Stuttering may also be called a ______ _______, as it affects the fluency (or rate and flow) of a person's speech.
Fluency Disorder
T/F: People who stutter are less smart than those who do not stutter
FALSE FALSE FALSE. Of course not! Different people have different abilities, and just because you have trouble speaking sometimes does not mean you are any less smart than anyone else!