13 Mar 2016

Sex-Specific Speech Motor Differences in Preschoolers Who Stutter (Ep. 571)

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Bridget Walsh, Ph.D. CCC-SLP

Dr. Bridget Walsh joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her study Speech motor planning and execution deficits in early childhood stuttering in the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

As stated in the research, “This study is the first to demonstrate sex-specific differences in speech motor control processes between preschool boys and girls who are stuttering. The sex-specific lag in speech motor development in many boys who stutter likely has significant implications for the dramatically different recovery rates between male and female preschoolers who stutter.”

Bridget Walsh, Ph.D. CCC-SLP  is a Research Scientist and a speech-language pathologist in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. For more information, visit the Purdue Stuttering Project.

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29 Feb 2016

Stutterer Wins an Oscar (Ep. 570)

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StuttererBarry Yeoman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the Oscar award winning short film Stutterer. Barry and Peter give this film two big “thumbs up.” Mr. Yeoman points out that while the filmmaker does not stutter, he was able to authentically and powerfully present a realistic depiction of stuttering by employing “radical empathy” in his script writing.

Watch the film on YouTube or GooglePlay.

Barry Yeoman is a journalist who specializes in in-depth reporting, a person who stutters, and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry advises StutterTalk on a wide range of issues pertaining to journalism and stuttering. Visit Barry at barryyeoman.com.

Stutterer is a 13-minute film that won an Oscar last night for Short Film (Live Action). Stutterer is a film out of Ireland, written and directed by Benjamin Cleary. It is a very sweet film, a love story, that brilliantly captures some of the tormenting and oppressive aspects of stuttering. Greenwood, played by Matthew Needham, is a lonely young man with very noticeable stuttering who forms an online Facebook relationship with Ellie, played by Chlore Pirrie. Matthew conceals his debilitating stutter from Ellie. When Ellie plans a surprise trip to London and wants to meet Greenwood, he is faced with having to figure out how to respond. While we do not give away the ending of this short film, this is a spoiler alert because Barry and Peter discuss this film in great detail. Before listening to this podcast, you might want to first watch the film Stutterer. There is a little sexually explicit language and some brief, implied domestic abuse in this film. So for those who want to avoid such content, do not watch.

Read this wonderful interview with the director, Benjamin Cleary, about this film and how it relates to communication.

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21 Feb 2016

The Way We Talk: When Stuttering Truly Becomes Okay (Ep. 569)

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Michael Turner

Michael Turner joins Christopher Constantino to discuss The Way We Talk, an award winning documentary about stuttering.

Michael Turner is a filmmaker and a person who stutters. Turner was awarded the 2015 Oregon Media Arts Fellowship for The Way We Talk, his documentary about his experiences with stuttering. The film is currently touring festivals and universities nationwide, and premieres internationally next month at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival in Prague. Mike lives in Oregon and is about to become a dad.

Christopher Constantino is a person who stutters, a StutterTalk host and a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is doing his clinical fellowship in the Shelby County Schools in Memphis and is conducting a research study to understand and contextualize the experiences of passing as fluent for people who covertly stutter.

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1 Feb 2016

What Causes Stuttering with Dr. Soo-Eun Chang from the Speech Neurophysiology Lab at the University of Michigan (Ep. 568)

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Soo-Eun Chang, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Dr. Soo-Eun Chang joins Peter Reitzes to discuss what causes stuttering from a brain imaging and brain research perspective. This is the fifth episode in a series on the cause of stuttering.

Dr. Chang discusses what brain research tells us or suggests regarding the structure and function of the brains of people who stutter, deficits in white matter tracts, how stuttering may relate to lysosomal dysfunction, persistency and recovery, how the right and left hemispheres interact and much more.

Soo-Eun Chang, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is the Principal Investigator and Director of the Speech Neurophysiology Lab at the University of Michigan and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Rosa Casco Solano-Lopez Research Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. Soo-Eun is also an Adjunct Professor at the Michigan State University, in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, and the Department of Psychology.

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23 Jan 2016

Detained for Stuttering: A Law Enforcement Perspective (Ep. 567)

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Corporal Phil Peet

Corporal Phil Peet joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the troubling report of a woman, Kylah Simmons, who was allegedly detained at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport because she stutters. Corporal Peet discusses this issue as a person who stutters with 22 years of law enforcement experience at the federal and city levels. StutterTalk interviewed Kylah Simmons yesterday about this situation.

When asked today how he would advise airport and customs officials about interacting with a person who stutters, Corporal Peet suggests, “Don’t listen to how she’s saying it. Listen to what she’s saying. And if the only thing that is hitting on red flags is her delivery of the content, then that can be explained, and get past it. Move on.”

Corporal Phil Peet has 22 years of law enforcement experience. He works for the Orlando Police Department and is currently assigned to the Orlando International Airport. Mr. Peet spoke today on StutterTalk on his own behalf and does not represent the Orlando Police Department or other law enforcement agencies.

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22 Jan 2016

Woman Detained at Atlanta Airport Because of Stuttering (Ep. 566)

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Kylah Simmons

Kylah Simmons joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being allegedly detained for an hour at the Atlanta International Airport because she stutters. Ms. Simmons reports and alleges that she was detained in isolation because of her stuttering, had her phone taken, was not allowed to contact her family, missed her connecting flight, was repeatedly told she was lying and dishonest and was informed during questioning that she really didn’t stutter. Ms. Simmons courageously told the official, “My stuttering is not a problem;it is a personal challenge that I face.”

Ms. Simmons is seeking to draw greater public attention to this issue, in part, so that customs, border and security officials and staff are better trained to interact with members of the public who stutter. Ms. Simmons is not asking that anyone be fired and is not seeking monetary payment; she is seeking better understanding of stuttering and greater attention to these issues.

StutterTalk reached out to the Atlanta office of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on this issue and was told “no comment.” StutterTalk also contacted the national office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection before going to air but did not receive an immediate response.

Kylah Simmons is a person who stutters, a college Junior at Kalamazoo College, and is hoping to pursue a future career as a television producer. She has spread stutter awareness through her blog, Stutter With A Group, as well as conducted speeches to several institutions on stuttering.

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