Jeff Olson joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss his life with covert stuttering, waiting for stuttering to go away, turning 40 and deciding to make changes, quitting his job to work on stuttering and much more. Jeff and Britni discuss funny stuttering experiences, “tricks” they have used to avoid stuttering and vicarious stuttering feelings.
JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.
CAMERON FRANCEK joins CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) to discuss his 100 Stutter Project in which he advertises his stuttering to at least one person a day, for 100 days in a row.
Cameron was recently featured in the Detroit Free Press and USA Today with an article and video.
Emma Alpern joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering openly, “giving up the fight against stuttering,” covert stuttering, passing as fluent, taking uncomfortable risks, stuttering less by stuttering more and much more.
EMMA ALPERN is a person who stutters and a graduate student studying American Literature at the University of Virginia. Emma went to college in New York and grew up in Philadelphia. Emma is interested in stuttering acceptance and options for stutterers beyond fluency. She blogs at stuttermore.tumblr.com.
CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) begin the show by discussing a stuttering dream Roisin had minutes before they began recording. The dream revolves around Roisin’s role speaking at an upcoming wedding, so the group discusses different ways Roisin may or may not want to advertise. Later, Joel talks about working as a Speech-Language Pathologist. The B Team wraps up the show by discussing an experience Caryn recently had at a special needs exhibition.
Katherine Preston joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her new book Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice. Katherine’s wonderful new book tells her stuttering story while weaving in the thoughts and voices of leading professionals and other stutterers. During today’s episode Katherine discusses her decision to move to New York from England in pursuit of writing a memoir on stuttering, embracing stuttering and the stuttering community and interviewing more than 100 stutterers, self help leaders, leading researchers and therapists.
KATHERINE PRESTON is a freelance writer, motivational public speaker and is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of the cell phone recycling business ExchangeMyPhone. Raised in England, Preston now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Deryk Beal, PhD, R-SLP, CCC-SLP, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss brain imaging research, related research and stuttering. Dr. Beal is asked about structural and functional brain imaging research with people who stutter. Dr. Beal is asked to consider this research in relation to gender, severity, recovery, persistency, covert stuttering (passing as fluent), singing, cerebral dominance, other speech disorders (such as apraxia), treatment, relapse and much more. Deryk also discusses deep brain stimulation and direct current stimulation.
DR. DERYK BEAL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and the Executive Director of the Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Beal’s research program aims to understand the neurobiological origins of speech production, stuttering and associated disorders of speech motor control at multiple levels of organization. Deryk’s ultimate goal is to leverage this knowledge for improv cal treatment via genetic risk assessment for dysfluent speech and the development of novel pharmaceutical and neurorehabilitative interventions.
Some References and Related Links from Today’s Episode:
Beal, D. (2011). The advancement of neuroimaging research investigating developmental stuttering. Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders. 21(3). 88-95.
Kell CA, Neumann K, Von Kriegstein K, Posenenske C, Von Gudenberg AW, Euler H, Giraud A.(2009). How the brain repairs stuttering. Brain. 132(10): 2747–2760.
Watkins, K. (2008). Mind over white matter: Differences in brains of young people who stammer. Speaking Out, Spring Edition (a publication of the British Stammering Association), 14-15.
Next week StutterTalk is scheduled to speak with Katherine Preston, author of the beautifully written, forthcoming book Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice.
StutterTalk® is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to talking openly about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering. Since 2007 we have published more than 700 podcasts which are heard in 180 countries.
12 May 2013
Covert Stuttering with Jeff Olson (397)
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Jeff Olson joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss his life with covert stuttering, waiting for stuttering to go away, turning 40 and deciding to make changes, quitting his job to work on stuttering and much more. Jeff and Britni discuss funny stuttering experiences, “tricks” they have used to avoid stuttering and vicarious stuttering feelings.
JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.