About Us

The Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR) is a self-funded institute of the University of Alberta's Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. We offer specialized treatment to children, teens and adults who stutter. In addition, we conduct research into stuttering, offer advanced professional training for speech-language pathology students and clinicians, and promote public awareness of stuttering and its treatment.

 

ISTAR News

  1. Dean of Rehabilitation Medicine reappointed

    The University of Alberta Board of Governors has reappointed Martin Ferguson-Pell as dean of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. His second five-year term begins July 1, 2013, following his one-year term as acting provost.

  2. Celebrate Speech and Hearing Month

    May is Speech and Hearing Month…find out more about what’s going on this month.

  3. ISTAR Celebrates 25 Years of Making a Difference

    “Marilyn said I could take as much time as I needed,” was a comment frequently heard from speakers at the March 3, 2012, event celebrating ISTAR’s 25th anniversary and Deborah Kully’s retirement. The speakers had a lot to say about the impact of Deborah and ISTAR, and the four minutes ISTAR’s acting director, Marilyn Langevin, had allotted weren’t going to be sufficient.

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