Referrals - Iowa | 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. Toni D. Cilek, M.A., CCC-SLP Clinical Associate Professor Dept of Comm Sciences/Disorders 122D WJ Speech & Hearing Clinic Iowa City, IA 52242 (319)335-8744 toni-cilek@uiowa.edu www.shc.uiowa.edu *Therapy typically conducted by students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist	Ms. Julie G. Gasway, M.A., CCC-SLP Manager, Witwer Children's Therapy UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital 1079 N Center Point Rd Hiawatha, IA 52233-1231 (319)368-5919 julie.gasway@unitypoint.org unitypoint.org
Ms. Treva L. Graves, M.A., CCC-SLP Graves Center for Speech & Hearing 1522 W. 14th Street Spencer, IA 51301 (712)363-0678 tgraves@smunet.net	Dr. Elisa Huff, CCC-SLP MSLP Program Director St. Ambrose University 518 W Locust St Davenport, IA 52803-2898 (563)333-3922 huffelisag@sau.edu *Therapy typically conducted by students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist
Ms. Lynne G Warden, M.S., CCC-SLP 1755 NW 130th Clive, IA 50325 (515)267-0042 garnerlynne@live.com

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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."

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His love for animals began when he was very young.

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

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