speech /tags/speech speech en-US WLRN Mon, 09 May 2022 21:34:58 GMT Skyrocketing rents; stutter awareness; Richard Blanco, Miami-Dade’s first poet laureate /2022-05-09/skyrocketing-rents-stutter-awareness-richard-blanco-miami-dades-first-poet-laureate Rent continues to skyrocket. How long will that last? Also, it’s National Stuttering Awareness Week, and we’re talking with the Miami Speech Institute. Plus, Richard Blanco shares with us how South Florida has impacted his poetry. Mon, 09 May 2022 21:34:58 GMT /2022-05-09/skyrocketing-rents-stutter-awareness-richard-blanco-miami-dades-first-poet-laureate Amber Amortegui, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson Do masks in school affect kids' speech and social skills? /news/2022-03-15/do-masks-in-school-affect-kids-speech-and-social-skills Scientists say that for most children, masks in school aren't a major obstacle to learning or socializing. Students in classrooms find other ways to connect. Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:42:58 GMT /news/2022-03-15/do-masks-in-school-affect-kids-speech-and-social-skills Jon Hamilton Don't Hide Your Stutter, Embrace It: The National Stuttering Association Comes To Fort Lauderdale /news/2019-07-07/dont-hide-your-stutter-embrace-it-the-national-stuttering-association-comes-to-fort-lauderdale Open mics and improv workshops could be the stuff of nightmares for people who stutter. But that doesn't have to be the case. More than 800 people who… Mon, 08 Jul 2019 01:58:14 GMT /news/2019-07-07/dont-hide-your-stutter-embrace-it-the-national-stuttering-association-comes-to-fort-lauderdale Caitie Muñoz From Uptalk To Downtown 'New Yawk,' Robert Siegel Explored How We Speak /2017-12-18/from-uptalk-to-downtown-new-yawk-robert-siegel-explored-how-we-speak The longtime All Things Consideredhost describes how being a New Yorker, and his parents' experiences as first-generation English speakers, helped shape his interest in language and voice. Mon, 18 Dec 2017 21:14:36 GMT /2017-12-18/from-uptalk-to-downtown-new-yawk-robert-siegel-explored-how-we-speak