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

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Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., who passed away in 2018, was an explorer, wildlife conservationist, and author. He established the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar, which is about the size of the state of Vermont.

His love for animals began when he was very young.

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

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.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, is well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones has spoken some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.