Referrals - Maine | 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. Marybeth S. Allen, M.A., CCC-SLP 213 Long Point Way Orland, ME 04472 (207)944-8045 marybethslp@gmail.com	Dr. Nancy E. Hall, CCC-SLP U of Maine/Conley Speech/Hrng Ctr 5724 Dunn Hall Orono, ME 04469-5724 (207)581-2006 (207)581-2060 nhall@maine.edu www.umaine.edu/comscidis *Therapy typically conducted by students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist.
Mrs. Ann Rita Smith, M.S., CCC-SLP Northeast Hearing & Speech 75 W Commercial St Ste 205 Portland, ME 04101-4799 (207)874-1065 (207)874-1068 asmith@nehearingandspeech.org www.nehearingandspeech.org	Ms. Suzanne V. Sylvester, M.S., CCC-SLP Clinical Director Scarborough NeuroDevelopment Center 144 US Route 1 Suite 4 Scarborough, ME 04074-7219 (207)219-8300 (207)450-1849 ssylvester@sndc.info

CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

Carly Simon

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

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.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

“Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself,” observed Stossel. “The idea that I’m on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes.”