Famous People Who Stutter
A famous singer who is known as the king of rock and roll and one of his biggest hits was "Hound Dog."
Elvis Presley
True or False: People who stutter also stutter when they sing
False
Is a block where something cant come out.
yes a block is when you tense up and cant speak.
Strategy characterized by soft articulation with continuous air flow.
Hint: it has the word Light in there
Light contact
How many branches are in the US government
3
An NBA basketball player who played on Orlando Magic, LA Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics
Shaquille O'Neal (also known as "Shaq")
Stuttering is something you are born with. True or False.
True. Stuttering is a biological condition.
True or False: When you stutter, your muscles loose and relaxed.
False. When someone stutters, they experience tension that interferes with their speech
Which strategy helps when a stutter has already happened? (when youre done stuttering and try again)
Cancellation
What is the only letter that does not appear in any US state name?
Q
An actress who played the character Mary Poppins
Emily Blunt
Stuttering runs in families. True or False.
True. Studies of twins show that if one twin stutters, the other twin is more likely to stutter. Stutterers often have children who stuttter.
Do people who stutter have different brains?
Different? The brain of a stutterer is wired very differently from a brain of a person who does not stutter. One of the reasons why people stutter, is that it is just how their brain is made.
Name a strategy that involves starting a word gently or easing into it
Easy onset
What is the only country that starts with O
Oman
A Greek philosopher who was definitely important
Aristotle
Under 2 million people stutter in the US. True or False.
False. Over 3 million people stutter in the US.
If you are 15 years old and have never stuttered before, you are still very likely to start stuttering. True or false?
False. Most children start stuttering between the ages 2 and 4.
How many people in the world stutter?
(1) 50 million
(2) 70 million
(3) 100 million
it is 70 million (2)
What egg-laying mammal has a paddle-shaped tail, a sleek body covered in dense fur, a wide, flat bill, and big webbed feet?
PLATYPUS
English author known for writing "Alice in Wonderland"
Lewis Carroll
True or False: Birds can stutter
TRUE!! male finches have been observed to display syllable repetitions during song
True or False: Phrase repetitions (repeating part or all of a phrase) are not a typical disfluency
FALSE! it is a typical disfluency
True or False: Voluntary stuttering, or stuttering on purpose, can be therapeutic for some people because it desensitizes them to the act of stuttering
TRUE
What is a volleyball made of