Referrals - Connecticut | Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter

Listed below are the names of speech pathologists in your state who might be able to help you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America provides these names only to help in locating a speech pathologist who might be able to assist you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America does not warrant the competency of these speech pathologists nor guarantee their treatment.

This list is likely to include only a small number of the speech pathologists in your area and therefore might not include the names of all speech pathologists who might be able to assist you. No negative implication should be drawn about a particular speech pathologist's qualifications or competency if he or she is not included on this list.

If the individuals located below cannot assist you or are not located near you, the Stuttering Foundation of America encourages you to request a referral from them.

Ms. Paula E. Bacolini, M.S., CCC-SLP Glastonbury, CT 06033-1251 (860)918-1119 pbacolini@gmail.com BCS-F Mobile phone - can text	Ms. Jennifer Lewis Berkey, M.S., CCC-SLP Fairfield & Westport, CT (203)221-0007 jenniferslp@aol.com
Ms. Josephine K. Chen, M.S., CCC-SLP Center for Speech and Language Pathology 100 Melrose Ave Ste 201 Greenwich, CT 06830-6277 (203)869-8272 (203)869-8289 www.speechtherapyct.com *Also at 5 Mott Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850, (203) 857-0900	Ms. Ashley Kalosieh, M.A., CCC-SLP Speech Path, LLC 1053 Farmington Ave Ste H Farmington, CT 06032 (860)866-1817 ashley@speechpathslp.com www.speechpathslp.com
Ms. Janet Kane, M.S., CCC-SLP Early Childhood Center 755 Melville Ave Fairfield, CT 06825-2050 janetmkane@yahoo.com	Ms. Rachel N. Langberg, M.S., CCC-SLP 17 Danbury Rd Ridgefield, CT 06877-4027 (203)438-7869
Ms. Lynn E. Powell, M.S., CCC-SLP Glastonbury, CT 06033-2902 leeconway@cox.net	Dr. Arlyne E. Russo, CCC-SLP 1481 Fairfield Beach Road Fairfield, CT 06824-6520 (203)255-5604 (203)259-2687 www.aerusso.com
Dr. Robin Story, CCC-SLP 1258-3 Stillwater Road Stamford, CT 06902 (203)323-4242 rasslp@aol.com	Ms. Tara J. Turken, M.S., CCC-SLP Tara J. Turken, LLC PO Box 18 Avon, CT 06001-0018 (860)508-4586 taraturkenslp@hotmail.com

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Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt’s name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

Darren Sproles

Darren Sproles, now a running back for The Philadelphia Eagles, made history with the San Diego Chargers in 2007 when he became the first player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt for his first two NFL touchdowns in the same game.

After that game, Sproles was approached more often for interviews, which exacerbated his stuttering. “I had to talk to the media a lot, and once they put a camera in my face that's when it got bad," Sproles said. 'I just had to work on it. I couldn't really stress about it, because that's just me."

Bob Love

Bob Love has dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.