Fluency Myths
and Truths
and Truths
True or False: People who stutter are not as intelligent as others.
What is false? Stuttering doesn’t affect intelligence.
This is a disfluency where you repeat a word, syllable or sound.
What is repetition?
This is a technique where you cancel out a stutter and repeat the word by using a technique.
What is cancellation?
This is the body part that we use to think about what we want to say.
What is the brain?
This person who stutters is the current president of the United States.
Who is Joe Biden?
True or False: Stuttering can’t be cured.
What is true? It can be managed using techniques but not cured completely.
This is a disfluency where you prolong a syllable, sound, or letter.
What is prolongation?
This is the technique where you lightly touch the articulators.
What is light touch?
This is the body part that we use to bring air in to produce speech.
What is the lungs?
This person who stutters is a famous American golfer.
Who is Tiger Woods?
True or False: Telling a person who stutters to think about what they’re saying helps them to not stutter.
What is false? It only makes it worse or doesn’t do anything
This is a disfluency where you feel stuck or tension.
What is a block?
This is a technique where you ease into the word.
What is easy onset?
This is the body part that open and closes like an umbrella when you talk.
What is the diaphragm?
This musician who stutters has different albums with math symbols on the cover.
Who is Ed Sheeran?
True or False: Stuttering is not caused by stress and anxiety.
What is true? There is no known cause of stuttering but stress and anxiety can affect stuttering.
This is a disfluency that interrupts a sentence.
What is an interjection?
This is the technique where you add pauses into sentences.
What is pausing and phrasing?
This body part is where our voice comes from.
What are the vocal folds?
This blonde singer and actress who stutters was famous in the 1950s.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
True or False: Sometimes people who stutter can sing fluently.
What is true? Studies show that singing can be an effective way to generate more fluent speech in people who stutter. (Wan et al., 2010)
This is a disfluency that we use to give ourselves more time to think.
What is a filler?
This is a technique where you stop to release tension and then continue on with your sentence.
What is freeze and hold?
These are the three articulators that you use in speech.
What are the lips, teeth, and tongue?
This person who stutters is the voice of Darth Vader from the series Star Wars.
Who is James Earl Jones?