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Eric and Peter interview Pam Mertz and Sarah Watson Bell about covert stuttering. We discuss many aspects of covert stuttering. We attempt to define it, talk about strategies to become more open and overt with stuttering, our earliest memories of covert stuttering and much more. Pam is pictured to the left and Sarah to the right.

         

StutterTalk has discussed covert stuttering in episodes 25, 23, 17 and 13.  Check out this great article by Pam Mertz. Below is a list of some fine papers written on covert stuttering from the Stuttering Homepage.

• I'm Not Hiding Anymore by Rob Bloom
• My Life as a Covert Stutterer by Barbara Wimpee
• Passing as Fluent by Tarry Dartnall
• I've Got a Secret -- And It's Scaring Me to Death! (The Story of a Covert Stutterer) by Steve Hood and Chris Roach
• The Stuttering Paradox: A Trap To Full Acceptance. Some Journal Based Thoughts From A Covert Stutterer by Lieven Grommen

There is an email group called Covert-S that is for covert people who stutter and others who are interested in it.

To see more videos of Pam Mertz go to the StutterTalk YouTube page.

Music used, in the order played, is Yo La Tengo during the intro, Lucinda Williams, Guided By Voices, David Bowie, the Long Blondes, and Eric's band Higgins and their song "Charly" in the outro.