What is the name of the muscle in your stomach/abdomen that helps with breathing?
Diaphragm
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True or False: People stutter because their tongue gets stuck
False
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True or False: Stuttering affects only very few people (less than 1 million) around the world
False
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True or False: Lots of people around the world stutter (over 70 million)
True
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True or False: Stuttering is more common in boys than girls
True
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True or False: People who stutter aren't as smart as people who don't stutter
False
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True or False: Stuttering always happens at the same time and on the same words
False
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True or False: A prolongation is a type of stutter where no sound comes out
False
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True or False: A block is a type of stutter where a sound or syllable gets stretched out
False
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True or False: About 300 Americans stutter
False
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True or False: Stuttering happens when there is a breakdown in communication somewhere between the brain and speech muscles
True
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True or False: There are devices that can cure stuttering
False
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True or False: About 5% of all kids stutter at some point in childhood
True
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What is the "stretched syllable" technique?
This is when you stretch out each syllable. You stretch the first stretchable sound for one second and then stretch the rest of the sounds in the syllable for 1
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What are the 3 articulatory contacts that we use when speaking?
Teeth, tongue, lips
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True or False: Turning on your voice with a low volume/vibration and then smoothly increasing the strength of your volume and voice is called Passive Airflow
