Word: stutterer
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...only hospital in the U.S. devoted exclusively to people who stutter, lisp, mumble, use baby talk, are tongue-tied or have cleft palates* is Manhattan's National Hospital for Speech Disorders. Last week the hospital, founded by Dr. James Sonnett Greene, celebrated its 25th anniversary, announced that it had treated a total of more than 38,000 children and adult patients (70% without payment), had helped most of them to normal speech...
Children who stutter seldom outgrow it without proper training. Nor can it be cured by such customs as holding pebbles in the mouth, swinging the arms, or crawling on all fours. Main goal of Dr. Greene's treatment is to calm down stutterers of all ages, make life easy for them...
Three recording machines have been installed to take care of the large Yardling class and will operate today from 9 until 5 o'clock. Those who stutter or have other serious speech defects will be requested to take a full year course to remedy them; a six-week course is open to those with less serious speaking faults...
...shaky sixth and seventh frames, Charlie Brackett took the mound with the sacks loaded and one out in the seventh and faced only eight batters in chalking up the last eight enemy put-outs. It was the second time in as many days that Brackett has turned in a stutter relief...
Blazing with gorgeous costumes, Act II fanfares a diamond-hatted, golden-suited, golden-shod Bill Robinson into view as Harlemperor of Japan. On a pair of Sullivan heels stutter-toed Mr. Robinson thereupon steps into character to show that at 60 he is still the noblest tap dancer of them all. After that The Hot Mikado is 98° in the shade-and no shade-till the curtain falls...