>But all is not lost for those who stutter, as therapeutic research in the field of language disorders is ever increasing. Current speech therapy strategies involve conscious acknowledgement of maladies in fluency, articulation, cognition, and vocal tone, as the patient aims to actively alter their speech patterns. While this has been shown to be very effective, it is often a lengthy process with stages of abnormal sounding speech. ***Speech therapy has been shown to be very effective.*** I know many of us have had ineffective speech therapy. Too many of us wrongly conclude that speech therapy doesn't work.