27 Oct 2013
It’s Always Sunny on StutterTalk: Stuttering in the Media (Ep. 426)
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Robert “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering in the media. They discuss the use of stuttering on the situational comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 9, Episode 7). Then they discuss a story out of the United Kingdom (see video below) regarding a 16-year-old high school student, Musharaf “Mushy” Asghar , who is fearful of taking his oral exams. One of Mr. Asghar’s teachers, influenced by the film The King’s Speech, has Mushy practice speaking while wearing headphones and listening to music.
ROBERT QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a board recognized fluency specialist and a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
3 Nov 2013
Stuttering: Conceal or Reveal? (Ep. 427)
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Robert “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss a recent New York Times article Quandary of Hidden Disabilities: Conceal or Reveal? by Katherine Bouton.
ROBERT QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a board recognized fluency specialist and a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Quesal’s appearances on StutterTalk are archived here.