Kodai Noguchi joins Caryn Herring at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss growing up stuttering in Japan, stuttering in your own way, meeting others who stutter, and much more.

Kodai and Caryn have a fascinating discussion about using filler words, tricks, and compensations in Japanese and English.

Kodai Noguchi. M.S., CF-SLP is a person who stutters and a bilingual SLP candidate who speaks Japanese and English. Kodai completed his masters of science at the University of Wisconsin-Eun Claire and his research interests include the psychosocial aspects of stuttering such as self-efficacy and stigma.

Caryn Herring is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist, currently pursuing her PhD at Michigan State University. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization and the role of voluntary stuttering. She co-hosts the StutterTalk B-Team and serves on the board of directors for Friends - The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.