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At a time when my stammer was severe, I had very fluent conversations with a deaf colleague. She relied on lipreading so if I spoke with my face contorting the way it did she wouldn't be able to under...
Hey bro, I know it can be incredibly tough dealing with a stutter, but please don't give up hope. I've been in a similar situation myself, and I want to share what helped me overcome some of those ch...
I was in a similar situation until I realized that no one cared if I stuttered or not. Have you tried counting from 1 to 10 and then repeating that sequence over and over when speaking? I started doin...
So are you saying the improvements will last beyond the training period? Do i have to speak at the metronome pace to avoid stuttering or will i be able to speak at my natural pace?...
>Future research should investigate "internal timing cues"-interventions (as opposed to external speech motor timing cues e.g., a metronome). I think this is the 8-week speech practice is meant as an...
A message to the researchers. In my opinion: Future research should investigate "internal timing cues"-interventions (as opposed to external speech motor timing cues e.g., a metronome). Future re...
8-Week Speech Practice Shown to Improve Fluency
8-Week Speech Practice Shown to Improve Fluency Hi y'all, Just want to share with you this video detailing a method to increase your fluency in as little as 2 months for 15 mins a day. There's also p...
Thanks for the tips! Yeah talking slow definitely helps a lot, though sometimes I feel like I use speaking fast as a mechanism to blend a word that I know I’m gonna stutter on into another. That’s so ...
Went back to speech therapy in my mid-20s and I got fluent. (1990's) I still have the occasional block, but it's nothing compared to the severe stutter I had. "Occasional" : I work with people and ...
Suffered with a stutter for years and had to do many presentations. Best thing I found, is not to read from a script or keep any of your points word for word. Almost do it off the cuff so you can stee...
it happens to me specially while speaking out loud in class. what helps me is breathing, even between words, talking slowly like slow pace ( i think talking slow is better than stuttering) and tapping...
I only read rhyming books like dr suess and sing alongs. Anything where I could change my pattern to more melodic. Since he can read now, we read books at the same time, then discuss them. (like a b...
You can try folding your lips inward or smacking them together, like when you've just applied lip gloss. For example, instead of pronouncing the "b" in baseball with your lips closed, you would fold t...
Even when we assume that we aren’t anticipating stutter, it is visible in our body language that we are anticipating it. When i anticipate stutter, i usually put my tongue and facial muscles in certai...
I’ve found reading books by myself aloud has helped. Also, failing a lot makes you kind of numb to it. The fear turns into frustration. Which is still negative, but more manageable imo...
Great! Love your strategy. Is genius. You accept the fact that you can´t (at least for now) stutter proudly so you manage your options. I can see how it works and why it reduces your anxiety. There...
As far as bullies, the best mental exercise I can give to anyone is that anyone who is acting overly-confident and is acting like an a-hole to you is that it’s important to remember, they are just hid...
Something that helped me was speaking often in situations where I didn’t stutter at all (e.g. alone) and reading aloud for 15 minutes a day to practice speaking how I wanted to. Something to give a sh...
Yeah I think it's just a habit that we must delete. We should speak slower to have more control over our speech. And remember to breathe, my problem is that sometimes i even run out of breathe by tryi...
Why are crutches bad?
Why are crutches bad? I’ve beat my stutter using Lee Lovetts method. I had recommended the book that helped me “how to stop stuttering and love speaking” to other people and they seemed turned off by...