commentr/StutterMay 21, 2024

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Great question! From what I gathered, I have extracted a few key points and then I put them into my own words below. Perhaps it will be helpful for improving your stuttering also! **Here are my personal takeaways:** Focus on maintaining the perceived (and anticipated) internal rhythm regarding the execution of speech movements (in particular the initiation), for example: * by not letting external events (from communicative social context and other external triggers) or internal events (such as, self-triggered actions) disrupt it & even if timing disruptions occur, keep focusing on recovering the underlying beat quicker (e.g., recovering the regular reference points) * by addressing the prior motor engagement e.g., by not initiating the speech motor program before the motor plan is ready - otherwise stuttering occurs * by building more tolerance to timing disruption when executing speech movements * by not linking emotional arousal to synaptic dopamine release, particular whenever we execute speech movements * by not allowing speech motor delays e.g., when waiting out execution of speech movements * by addressing the longer voice reaction times e.g., by not stalling voice onset (with I consider a secondary behavior or reactive inhibitory control) * by addressing processing delays & the longer movement durations e.g., by prioritizing focusing on maintaining fluency over speech accuracy (and scanning for external events, checking whether we spoke fluently or not, or evaluating motor inhibitions negatively). This is basically what we are already doing when we do choral reading * by relying more on the feedforward and automatized mode of motor control, rather than mainly relying on sensory feedback (such as, auditory / tactile-kinesthetic sensory information for reallife monitoring and correcting timing errors). But keep prioritizing sensory processing over communicative social processing, particulary for the timing initiation of speech movements * by moving the attention (and prediction) of an event to the exact moment that the stimulus occurs, rather than after the stimulus occured

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy

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Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & WeightFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing