Stuttering Devices

Congratulations to Peter Reitzes from StutterTalk for outstanding journalism debunking Oprah on stuttering cures! He brilliantly exposes the irresponsible and misleading actions of the Oprah Winfrey show and others. Presenting Speech Easy as a cure, and showing miracle cures. Peter did what I wanted to do, find the stutterers "that were cured" like Mark Babcock and talk to him. I didn't follow up but Peter did. Well done StutterTalk!

You can read about Mark's summary here on his blog, and what happened to him after the show:
I humored her for a little while before finally admitting what I had know for a while: the SpeechEasy device did not work.

The next 6 months were probably the worst of my life. My dream of being fluent had slipped through my fingers. I withdrew from friends, I stopped going to class, and I drank. I finished spring semester with a 0.5 GPA, and I was put on academic probation. I blamed everything but stuttering for my downward spiral. I refused to accept that I actually wanted to be fluent that much. The let down had crushed me.
Greedy Oprah has made money, a lot of money on the back of victims without due care to checks, a criminal behaviour in my view. Build up their hopes and don't care anymore. The same for Speech Easy, they made thousands of dollars out of him. Again, shame on those who work for Speech Easy! Listen to your conscience!

Thank you, Mark Babcock. For going on StutterTalk and telling your side of the story. For too long you have been a pawn of the Oprah and Speech Easy industry. The more you talk to us, the more you realize this!

I am wondering whether we could not do more. Maybe send an open letter to the media outlet, and complain! Storm the Oprah Winfrey show with posters! Handcuff ourselves to Oprah! We should try to contact all of them. There was also this girl in her 20s who tried it. And then make a YouTubes videos. That should be a very powerful message.byTom Weidig