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BRITNI BICKNAVER is 29 years old, a person who stutters and an artist and bartender who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Britni is a new member of the Cincinnati chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Britni started stuttering from and early age but was assured that she would eventually grow out of it. By the age of 26 she was fairly confident that would not happen and decided it was time to try to embrace her stutter rather than desperately trying to hide it. On a search of other adults that stutter, she found the podcast StutterTalk.

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Bill Murphy joins Peter Reitzes on today's double episode of StutterTalk sharing his expertise on recent stuttering modification discussions on StutterTalk, comments posted at the StutterTalk Facebook page, the work of Joseph Sheehan and much more.

BILL MURPHY MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist, a board-recognized fluency specialist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Bill has worked for approximately 40 years with children and adults who stutter and is a past member of the Steering Committee of ASHA's Special Interest Division of Fluency and Fluency Disorders. Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook page or Send a voice message.

During today's episode Bill and Peter discuss clips from these two recent StutterTalk episodes:

• Stuttering Modification: Facing The Fear with Dr. Joseph Klein (329)
• The Monster Isn't Going Away with Courtney Luckman (330)

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During today's episode, Courtney is asked about growing up stuttering, her experience at the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP), starting a local chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA), dating, speaking to professors about stuttering, how stuttering impacts learning a second language, being a woman who stutters, working to prevent relapse and much more. COURTNEY LUCKMAN is a person who stutters, a student at the University of Virginian and recently started a local chapter of the National Stuttering Association, a self help organization, in Charlottesville, VA. Courtney was recently featured in an NBC television news story about her goal of spreading stuttering awareness.

During last week's StutterTalk episode, featured guest Dr. Joseph Klein discusses the SSMP and two major studies published on this stuttering modification based treatment program.

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JOSEPH F KLEIN, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and an assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. During today's episode, Dr. Klein is asked to review some of the evidence pertaining to stuttering modification treatment approaches, the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP) and much more. Click here for references and suggested readings for this episode.

During the episode Joe and Peter listen to and discuss clips from recent StutterTalk episodes listed below.  

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DYLAN REID is a 20 year old sophomore at Appalachian State University (ASU), attends the ASU Boone chapter of the National Stuttering Association and is majoring in marketing with a minor in international business. Dylan is a member of the Appalachian State AHO Rugby Team. Dylan is asked about his life spent talking openly about stuttering and being raised by his parents not to avoid stuttering or speaking. Dylan is also asked about his views on accommodations in class and his school based speech therapy.