I am an SLP and former Speech Easy provider. Here are a couple of important things to note. 1. This device is effective on an extremely individual level. Some people respond to it dramatically. For others, it has no effect. Whether or not it works for "most people" has zero relevance when trying to determine if it works *for you*. This is unrelated to the severity of the stutter, too. I've had people with minimal stutters with dramatic to non-existent responses, and people with severe stutters with dramatic to non-existent responses. 2. Most Speech Easy providers are NOT stuttering specialists. (In general, most SLPs are not great with stuttering.) This is a huge issue because the device can often have a dramatic or moderate apparent impact when you first try it out, but this is an unreliable indicator of how useful it can be long-term. Without knowing what questions to ask and an understanding of the paradoxical nature of stuttering, a lot of providers will blithely encourage clients to move forward with the investment. 3. It works best, long-term, for those who barely use it. People absolutely become conditioned to the feedback and then it stops working. The use case of occasional presentations is an ideal one, just make sure he really only saves it for those times. If money isn't an issue, then this is a nice tool to have, but $4000 is a lot for something that lives in the sock drawer 99% of the time. 4. I would be cautious about using it on the football field. It's stays in the ear pretty securely, but under the bangs and blows of the football helmet, it's going to be at high risk of breaking or deteriorating very quickly. The electronics and mechanicals are small and delicate, and do not perform well with jostling and rubbing.