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SpeechEasy Newsletter: February 2012
The February edition of the SpeechEasy Newsletter is now available for viewing on the web. Click here to read it.
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Stuttering Reflects Irregularities in Brain Setup
Article from Scientific American Stuttering Reflects Irregularities in Brain Setup A stutter indicates a massive change in brain wiring that affects more than just speech Put on a pair of headphones and turn up the volume so that you can’t … Continue reading
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Callison: Contest helped senator overcome stutter
Article from Argus Leader By the time he was a senior at Humboldt High School, Larry Pressler had lettered three years in basketball and won honors at the state high school oratory contest. But he never had received any recognition … Continue reading
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SpeechEasy Newsletter: January 2012
The January edition of the SpeechEasy Newsletter is now available for viewing on the web. Click here to read it.
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Stuttering boy, 12, raps for impressed idol Drake in Toronto
Article from The Star One minute, 12-year-old Jake Zeldin was in the crowd at a rap concert last Saturday. The next, he’d charmed his way backstage to rap for his idol, Toronto superstar Drake. And that’s not even the impressive part. … Continue reading
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SpeechEasy Newsletter: December 2011
The December edition of the SpeechEasy Newsletter is now available for viewing on the web. Click here to read it.
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Sophie Gustafson: The golfer who overcame a stutter
Article from CNN By Karla Villegas Gama, CNN November 30, 2011 What do Bruce Willis, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe and King George VI have in common besides being public figures? They all suffered from stuttering at some point in their lives. … Continue reading
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Surprising pathway implicated in stuttering
From: Washington University in St. Louis By Julia Evangelou Strait Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have obtained new evidence that at least some persistent stuttering is caused by mutations in a gene governing not speech, … Continue reading
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Oregon State Football Player Avoids Interviews Because of Stutter
Article from oregonlive.com : Oregon State football: If the Beavers win, Kevin Frahm will let his teammates give him a buzz cut …“It’s awesome, because I feel like the only people who expect us to win are the people in … Continue reading
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SpeechEasy – An Assistive Device for Stuttering
From disabled-world.com Information provided by Wendy Taormina-Weiss – Published: 2011-11-11 People who stutter want to be able to express their ideas, feelings, thoughts and more as freely as people who do not stutter. They certainly deserve to have a voice that … Continue reading
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