What causes stuttering? How do you overcome it? Presented by Alon Wertheimer at SF Learning Night on April 14th, 2015.

2. DO
PEOPLE
STUTTER
BECAUSE
THEY
ARE
NERVOUS?

3. NO!!!
• 1%
of
adults
and
3%
of
children
stuDer
• Males
are
5x
more
likely
to
stuDer
than
females
I
mostly
stuDer
when
I’m
Nred,
speak
Hebrew,
or
expect
it.

4. WOULD
YOU
RATHER
BE
BLIND
OR
STUTTER

5. hDp://www.stammering.org/speaking-­‐out/arNcle/stammering-­‐or-­‐blindness-­‐which-­‐harder
“Stammering
is
much
more
difficult
to
live
with
than
blindness…due
to
a
world
which
really
does
not
understand
stammering
at
all.”
• Consistent
vs.
variable
• Acknowledge
as
a
disability
vs.
a
judgment
• Hope
to
hide
imperfecNon

8. FACE
FEARS

9. EASY
ONSET

10. REPLICATE
INTONATION