Referrals - Louisiana | 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.

Mrs. Joan K. Babin, M.Ed. CCC-SLP 258 W. Third Street Reserve, LA 70084 (985)536-2169 jbabin@rtconline.com	Dr. Sylvia Davis, CCC-SLP LSUHSC Speech-Lang.-Hearing Clinic 1900 Gravier St, 9th Floor New Orleans, LA 70112 (504)568-4348 (504)568-4352 sdavis2@lsuhsc.edu *Therapy typically conducted by students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist.
Ms. Patricia S. Gorman, M.A., CCC-SLP P. O. Box 750622 New Orleans, LA 70175-0622 (504)701-3257	Ms. Elise S. Kaufman, M.S., CCC-SLP Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (235)268-5806
Ms. Jennifer L. Ogden Holmes, M.C.D.,CCC-SLP Children's Hospital Speech/Hrng 200 Henry Clay Ave New Orleans, LA 70118-5720 (504)896-9554 (504)894-5547	Ms. Sheran Samuel Benton, M.A., CCC-SLP Access to Better Communication 768 Chevelle Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806-6503 (225)930-0208 (225)930-0221 sheran@abclouisiana.com www.abclouisiana.com
Dr. John A. Tetnowski, CCC-SLP U of LA @ Lafayette/Comm Disorders PO Box 43170 Lafayette, LA 70504-3170 (337)482-6869 (337)247-0787 (337)482-1540 tetnowski@louisiana.edu *Therapy typically conducted by masters and doctoral students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist/specialist.	Ms. Diane M. Whittington, M.A., CCC-SLP Dept of Communication Disorders Univ of LA at Lafayette PO Box 43170 Lafayette, LA 70504-3170 (337)482-6724 whittington@louisiana.edu Therapy typically conducted by students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist. Support group meets 1st Tuesday of every month at Univ. of Louisiana - Layfayette campus.

CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation’s list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of The Tonight Show from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

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.