Conversation with Hope Gerlach

Scroll down for host and guest bio, additional resources, links, notes, and more.

TOPICS INCLUDE

• Introductions and talk

• Invisibility and stuttering

• The purpose for doing research

• Being an ally

NOTES

0:00-8:40: Introductions, bringing research to life
8:40- 14:00: "Neurological glitch", invisible disabilities and losing control when you are about to stutter
14:00-19:07: measuring stuttering, the impact of it being invisible
19:26-28:29: Charles Van Riper legacy at Western Michigan University and the "stuttering tax"
28:29-33:09: More on the stuttering tax and managing the stigma
34:00- 42:40: concealment and severity
42:55- 55:16: Vanderbilt research (explicit and implicit biases from SLPs about stuttering), maybe a hardwired way of thinking that fluent speech is better
55:42- End: being an ally, invisible component, not everyone is struggling, closing remarks

GUEST BIO

Hope Gerlach, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an assistant professor at Western Michigan University. Her research focuses on identifying and reducing disparities in quality of life between people who stutter and typically fluent speakers. Currently, she is studying the role of stigma and identity constructs in psychological distress among adults who stutter. She has been actively involved in support organizations for people who stutter and has worked as a speech-language pathologist at several summer camps for youth who stutter.

Resources and Links

Tips for allyship

The value in connecting with other people who stutter

Stuttering and Invisibility article for kids

HOST BIO

Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech; creator of Transcending Stuttering Academy and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.