We believe that speech is empowering. To this end, the Orange Effect Foundation has awarded technology grants that help children with a stutter increase their ability to communicate confidently and effectively. However, in an amazing opinion article by James Robinson featured recently in The New York Times, stuttering is viewed from an entirely new perspective. Please take a moment to watch …
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The Challenges of Remote Learning for Children Who Stutter
Virtual learning presents a host of problems for educators and students alike. However, these challenges are compounded for children with communication disorders such as a stutter. The New York Times recently addressed this topic and offered some useful suggestions for everyone in the online classroom. For example, experts suggest waiting seven seconds after asking a question to give children time …
Remembering How Mel Tillis Overcame Stuttering To Be A Country Music Star
Did you enjoy watching Ken Burns' latest documentary, "Country Music" on PBS? I can't say that I'm a big country music fan, but I truly enjoyed learning the way that history, culture, and geography have woven together over time to produce what we now know as country music. I liked learning the stories of Johnny Cash, Elvis, and the Carter Family, but I was particularly interested to learn that …
Recipient Spotlight: Anthony
Anthony is a kind, caring teenager who is challenged by autism and stuttering. Fortunately, he discovered FACETime Summer Camp at the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center. This special summer speech camp is designed for older children and younger teens who stutter. Camp provides a safe environment where speech skills are practiced in real-life situations at restaurants and other public locations …
Enhancing Fluency For Those Who Stutter
The Orange Effect Foundation recently awarded a grant to a young adult with a severe stutter. The grant funded a SpeechEasy device which uses delayed auditory feedback and frequency altered feedback to enhance fluent speech production. Watch this video to learn more about how this device eased a stutter and improved the quality of life for a teen in Jacksonville, Florida while also boosting his …
Easing a Stutter
Did you know that when people who stutter speak the same material in unison with another speaker, they become more fluent and speak more clearly? This is called the choral effect. In 2016, the Orange Effect Foundation funded a device to assist a teen who has a severe stutter. This device, called a SpeechEasy, mimics the choral effect by allowing the wearer to hear her own voice with a …
From Stutterer to Star: James Earl Jones
The Orange Effect Foundation recently funded a device to assist a young man who struggles with stuttering. Although there is no cure for stuttering, techniques, training and devices can help an individual overcome this. Actor James Earl Jones, whom some may know as the voice of Darth Vader, still grapples with his stutter to this day, but a stutter has not held him back. In this powerful video, …