Cutv News Radio

North Palm Beach, FL – Every person has the same purpose: self-expression. The most effective way to express ourselves is through words. But according to the Stuttering Foundation, more than 70 million people worldwide stutter, about one percent of the population. In the United States, that's over 3 million Americans who stutter. Anna Deeter is a speech educator and the founder of Live Stutter Free. “When people come to me I don't just teach them to speak,” says Deeter. “The outcome of my study course is people learn how to live their life, because speech is the foundation for everything. Every single word is a program for action." Deeter is not a speech pathologist. At least not anymore. After years of practicing conventional speech therapy, she had a revelation that administration of any type of therapy for developing an adequate speech skill is completely wrong. “Speech is a skill,” says Deeter. “We don't need medical professionals to get involved in this process. We need educators and teachers.” Today,