Stuttering Facts and Stats

What is your sex?
Female 42%
Male 58%

How old are you?
15-19 10%
20-29 44%
30-39 16%
40-49 18%
50+ 12%

How long have you been stuttering?
0–3 years 4%
4-7 years 4%
8-15 years 20%
16 + years 72%

Do you have a family member who stutters?
Yes 38%
No 62%

How would you rate your level of stuttering? (A "1" would signify mild repetitive stuttering and/or mild speech blocking. A "5" would signify severe and frequent blocking. Adapted from the Stuttering "Jack" Scale)
1-Mild 18%
2-Mild to Moderate 32%
3-Moderate 16%
4-Moderate to Severe 7%
5-Severe 2%

How would you rate the psychological effects stuttering has on you? (A "1" signifies that you see the speech disfluency as an irritation. A "5" would indicate that you may suffer from social phobia, panic attacks and extreme anxiety surrounding the physical symptoms. Adapted from the Stuttering "Jack" Scale.)
1-Mild 14%
2-Mild to Moderate 28%
3-Moderate 32%
4-Moderate to Severe 20%
5-Severe 6%

Have you ever had speech therapy?
Yes 78%
No 22%

How old were you when you started speech therapy?
Under 10 54%
11-14 13%
15-19 10%
20-29 18%
30-39 0%
40-49 5%

Please rate your anxiety level before going to therapy.
1-Mild 31%
2-Mild to Moderate 23%
3-Moderate 23%
4-Moderate to Severe 13%
5-Severe 10%

Did you think speech therapy would work?
Yes 21%
No 13%
Wasn't Sure 67%

Did speech therapy help?
Strongly Disagree 18%
Disagree 23%
Neutral 38%
Agree 13%
Strongly Agree 8%

Have you used any other treatment methods?
Never Had Treatment 18%
Delayed Auditory Feedback (DAF) 18%
Altered Auditory Feedback (AAF) 6%
Medication 16%
Speech Therapy Only 46%
Other 10% (Counseling, Mcguire programme, and Self practice)

How well did these other treatment methods work?

Delayed Auditory Feedback (DAF)
Very Bad 0%- Bad 22%- Neutral 44%- Good 33%– Very Good 0%

Altered Auditory Feedback (AAF)
Very Bad 20%- Bad 0%- Neutral 60%- Good 20%– Very Good 0%

Medication
Very Bad 0%- Bad 27%- Neutral 45%- Good 9%– Very Good 18%

Speech Therapy
Very Bad 0%- Bad 22%- Neutral 44%- Good 33%– Very Good 18%

Other (No answer)

Has stuttering kept you from pursuing certain goals or caused you to stray away from certain career paths?
Yes 66%
No 34%

When thinking about the possibility of going to speech therapy, what is your anxiety level?
1-Mild 45%
2-Mild to Moderate 18%
3-Moderate 27%
4-Moderate to Severe 0%
5-Severe 9%

If there were a website that gave you a peek into what therapy would be like, do you think that would have or could help you feel like your therapy could be successful?
Yes 52%
No 12%
Maybe 36%

Would you be more or less likely to try speech therapy if you knew what to expect.
Very Unlikely 6%
Unlikely 12%
Neutral 28%
Likely 30%
Very Likely 24%

If you had to choose one logo for this campaign, which one would it be?
Logo 1 - The emoticons 46%
Logo 2 - The gears 14%
Logo 3 - The speech bubbles 40%