How does stuttering affect communication?
Accepting verbal communication to include the content, as well as the delivery of your message, then stuttering can affect both. The content, including the main idea, words you choose, and organization structure you use will only be affected if you let it. If you’re distracted from what you want to share by your negative thoughts and perceptions of your stuttering, the clarity of your content can be compromised. Rather, if you are focused on getting your message across, your content will be in your full control. In addition to content, there is delivery-- the speech sounds, volume, pitch and overall melody of your voice. Stuttering tends to impact the way you produce sounds, with certain sounds taking longer to realize, and others coming out more than once. Since the sounds themselves stay much the same, intelligibility tends to be at 100%.
Samuel L. Jackson is a Black actor who stutters. He reports that he was able to overcome it through acting.
As airflow is the foundation of speech, when the airflow is obstructed due to tension and uncontrolled closing of oral muscles, the sound produced is compromised.
Craig Skistimas, also known as Stuttering Craig, the co-founder of ScrewAttack which is a production company for video games.
The adored pig from Looney Tunes, Porky Pig, has a stutter. It has been found that he stutters 23% of his spoken words and uses a wide variety of stuttering types.
Stuttering affects around 70 million people worldwide, so yes of course there is going to be a comedian who stutters.
The National Stuttering Association (https://westutter.org/) is a good website to find news about stuttering. The ‘Stuttering Foundation’ is another website that provides the most up to date news (https://www.stutteringhelp.org)
News reporter John Stossel is a news reporter who stuttered. News reporter and journalist Byron Pitts also stutter.
There are two general philosophies of stuttering treatment: Fluency shaping, and Stuttering acceptance
When an individual stutters, the voice may change as there is additional tension on the vocal folds and on the musculature surrounding it.