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

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.

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

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.

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.

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.