Referrals - Oklahoma | 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. Julee Caudill, M.S., CCC-SLP Pediatric Speech Therapy Services 3336 Eastridge Cir NE Piedmont, OK 73078 (405)315-4604 juleecaudill@hotmail.com	Ms. Carla Downing, M.A., CCC-SLP 3330 NW 56th St Ste 400 Oklahoma City, OK 73112-4426 (405)945-4255 (405)945-4893 carladowningslp@coxinet.net
Ms. Kari L. Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP 4503 S.W. Beta Lawton, OK 73505 (580)695-4564 kls-slp@sbcglobal.net	Dr. Katerina Ntourou, PhD, CCC-SLP University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr. 1200 N. Stonewall Ave, Room 3084 Oklahoma City, OK 73117 (405)271-4214 x46069 katerina-ntourou@ouhsc.edu
Ms. Nancy R. Payne, M.A., CCC-SLP Oklahoma State University 042 Murray Hall Stillwater, OK 74078-3007 (405)744-6021 nancyraepayne@yahoo.com	Dr. John A. Tetnowski, CCC-SLP Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders OK State University, College of Arts & Sciences Social Sciences & Humanities Bldg Rm 011 Stillwater, OK 74078 (405)744-9638 john.tetnowski@okstate.edu Therapy typically conducted by master's students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist/specialist. BCS-F *ASHA-F
Ms. Barbara A. Thomas, M.A., CCC-SLP Associated Speech and Language 7020 S Yale Ave Ste 264 Tulsa, OK 74136-5744 (918)760-8391 batalk56@gmail.com

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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.

Bill Walton

From BillWalton.com

Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

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.

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.

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.