Those who stutter may not always stutter in every situation. Though anxiety provoking situations will most often cause someone who sutters to stutter in that moment.  When we are anxious our thinking is not clear and our body may begin to tense up in various areas. With the lack of clear thought and tension this may cause you to sutter as it is more difficult to be mindful of words that are difficult to produce and strategies you typically use to be used in those moments. The added tension which can also occur around the mouth area may also cause you to sutter as your muscles tense up and become difficult to relax.  

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In 2018 Stuttering John began his own podcast ‘The stuttering john podcast’. During this podcast he would make prank calls. He ended up prank calling the white house pretending to be someone else and got sued over a security breach.  In March 2020 it was announced that John Melemdas would be returning to the stage for comedy shows at the Midnight Joker Comedy Club.

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Stuttering John is a radio personality, actor, and television announcer who is best known for his role on the’ Howard Stern Show’.  Stuttering John also known as John Melendez became popular for interviewing celebrities and asking inappropriate questions while stuttering. John Melendez acquired his stutter from psychological trauma from a young age and was bullied for it throughout his younger years. His big break came when he got an internship for the ‘Howard Stern Show’.   In about 2004 John Meledne z began working for the ‘Jay Leno Show’.

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Some children develop stuttering between the ages of 2-5 years. This often happens when the child articulators cannot keep up with a sudden acquired language as children may still not be physically able to produce all the sounds they want to say. As the child grows and practices their speech they will often outgrow their stutter. Some children may not outgrow their stutter and continue to stutter.  With a continuing sutter it is important for parents to seek services from a speech language pathologist.

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Although there is no cure for stuttering. People who stutter can receive counselling or see a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to help reduce their stutter. A SLP will work with you to develop strategies that are most effective for each individual and can be used to help achieve more fluent speech.  

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Children who develop a stutter at a young age often go out of it and it goes away on its own. If stuttering continues into adulthood or develops later in life there is no cure for stuttering. Though someone who stutters can take several steps to help reduce their stutter. Seeing a Speech Language Pathologist and Counselling are two forms of therapy that have been found to help stutters learn strategies to help reduce stuttering when needed.  

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Stuttering can develop later on in life due to brain or emotional trauma, though stuttering can also be inherited. Studies have shown that some cases of stuttering can be genetic which would mean that it is possible to be born with it. 

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Frigerio‐Domingues, C., & Drayna, D. (2017). Genetic contributions to stuttering: the current evidence. Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 5(2), 95-102.

Stuttering can be genetic as research has found that stuttering can be inherited.  Children can develop stuttering at an early age and if they do not grow out of it then it can also continue into adulthood.  There have been numerous studies done looking at genetics and stuttering and evidence strongly suggests that there is a link. There have been many twin studies published which resourced monozygotic and dizygotic twins. They found that monozygotic twins ( identical twins) showed a higher similarity when it comes to stuttering compared to dizygotic (fraternal twins). This evidence shows that there could be a strong link between genetics and stuttering. 

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Speech is an act that requires self-awareness to not only plan sounds, but also to articulate and to correct as the process plays out. When you’re tired, your brain may not be able to attend to your speech as required.

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Stuttering Stanley was originally brought up in the movie “The Sixth Sense”. The teacher had a stutter when he was growing up and used to be called “stuttering Stanley” and bullied by his peers. During the scene in the movie a boy in his class who can talk to spirits finds out this information from the past and begins to shout ‘stuttering Stanley’ in class because his teacher acts passive-aggressively towards him in class. The teacher seems very shocked and anxious when the child begins yelling this, and he begins to stutter in front of his class.   The term’ stuttering Stanly’ in this movie scene tells us the bullying and hardships the teacher must have gone through as a child as he was made fun of by his peers for stuttering.  It also shows us how deeply rooted with emotions stuttering may be as the teacher was not stuttering until he was reminded of an emotional event and his stutter seemed to reappear again, as he was having a difficult time dealing with the emotional stress. 

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