An online therapy tool is poised to alleviate stuttering-related anxiety anywhere — and everywhere — in the world.

You know the word, but you can’t get it out. Maybe you get stuck on the first syllable. Maybe you get trapped in a long pause. Maybe your mouth produces sounds that you don’t mean to make. 

This is what happens for people who stutter. 

Stuttering is a speech fluency issue with far-reaching implications — many people who stutter will go on to experience lifelong social, educational and professional impacts. They’re also 16 times more likely to develop social anxiety. 

Now, help is at hand in the form of a novel digital program from the Australian Stuttering Research Centre (ASRC) at UTS. 

Called iGlebe, this free cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) tool is poised to alleviate stuttering-related anxiety.  

Read the full article: Online tool changing lives of people who stutter.