Celebrate World Voice Day with us! Today, April 16th, we are excited to launch the “Voice of Glory – Speechcare”! This educational resource, with content designed by our Lisbon-based Speech Therapist, Tânia Constantino, is available for download and is perfect for use with family, in the classroom, or during Speech Therapy sessions! The voice is one of the most important tools of communication. A healthy and functional voice is essential for emotional and social well-being, facilitating success in personal and professional relationships. Are you ready to test your knowledge and learn more ..read more

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our research paper “Content and Construct Validity of the European Portuguese A-19 Scale of Children’s Attitudes”. This project has been a collaborative effort with esteemed Professor Barry Guitar.   This paper focuses on feelings and attitudes towards communication in children who stutter, an important but often overlooked aspect of stuttering. We aim to underscore the critical role of Speech and Language Therapists in nurturing the communication skills of all children, with or without diagnosed conditions.   Our study validated the Eu ..read more

We are incredibly proud to announce the opening of the IStutter Center, starting this September, in Madrid, at the exclusive MipSalud Clinic, in the Salamanca District, near the Retiro Park and the Prado Museum.   This marks a significant moment in the history of our company, which for several years has maintained collaborations with speech therapists, research centers, universities, and non-profit organizations from our neighboring country.   Now, it is time to bring our clinical approach in stuttering therapy, our dedication, and our technological innovation to Spain. We will have ..read more

We’re excited to share the incredible moments we’ve experienced over the past few days in Abu Dhabi.   Our international team gathered to discuss new challenges and to define strategies for the development of innovative projects: Anelise Junqueira Bohnen, Gonçalo Leal, Farah Al Qaissieh, Gerald Maguire, Joanne Maguire, Granville & Sidney Kirkurp, Rita Carneiro, and Elsa Marta Soares. We visited the construction site of our center in Khalifa City, with its opening scheduled for the last quarter of 2023.   We discussed synergies with Stutter UAE, a pioneering group in the Middl ..read more

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Today we want to spotlight a significant accomplishment in the field of mental health care. Our esteemed Global Medical Director, Gerald A. Maguire, MD, is announcing a unique Psychiatry Residency Program in California, a significant milestone for medical education.  For those who may be unfamiliar, a ‘residency program’ is a stage in graduate medical training where a doctor gains practical experience in a specific specialty while supervised by experienced physicians. This innovative program, led by Dr. Maguire and his team at the College Medical Center, promises to be a unique blend of ..read more

This highly dynamic and engaging webinar brought together our outstanding Speech and Language Therapists (SLT), Cátia Catita (European Clinical Specialization in Fluency Disorders) and Elsa Soares (PhD in Early Childhood Intervention), who discussed some of the materials and strategies used during the assessment and treatment of children who stutter. Gonçalo Leal, iStutter’s clinical coordinator, stirred the conversation with some practical questions usually posed by families. We reached the limit of 500 registrations in the three days preceding the event, which clearly indicates this topic’s ..read more

Ed Balls, former cabinet minister in the UK, shares his stuttering experience, particularly how becoming publicly open about it made a huge difference in his career and professional life. Listen to his compelling story in this video and learn more about Ed Balls here. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ByWQlXZc4AM&feature=share ..read more

12 questions to understand the person who stutters The International Stuttering Awareness Day reinforces the need to reflect on the experience of the person who stutters, taking into account that the stutterer is often impacted by the attitudes and reactions of communicative partners in particular and by society in general. The iStutter Center team follows hundreds of adults and children who stutter, which has allowed them to understand and reflect about the factors that influence the experience of the stutterer throughout life. It is in this context that the iStutter Center considers it essen ..read more

Gerald Maguire, MD, iStutter Center’s Global Medical Doctor, is the Principal Investigator of the ORPHEUS study, which aims to test if a novel medication (gemlapodect) helps to improve speech fluency in men aged 18-55 whose stuttering started as a child.  If you fall into this category and you are a resident in the USA or Australia, you may wish to participate in this research study:  https://www.orpheusstudy.com  “People who stutter are looking for solutions that would enable them to achieve their full potential, both personally and professionally. In the absence of any FDA ap ..read more