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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2020
2 points

Thank you for your remark and this is a good point. From vocal health perspective, if someone uses a whisper as their habitual voice use pattern, it may induce hyperfunctional voice disorders, i.e., i...

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commentr/StutterJan 24, 2020
1 points

Same. I also speak pretty much fluently when I talk to myself, but if I talk to someone I stutter a lot...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2020
1 points

Great app idea! It's worth mentioning that whispering is hard on the voice, and doing it a lot can lead to vocal dysfunction. Whether or not it's worth the risk is totally up to the individual, but it...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2020
2 points

We are a Dutch startup developing AI speech technology for stuttering peolple using the fact that whispering reduces stuttering drastically. The Whispp phonecall app converts whispers into your own an...

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commentr/StutterJan 23, 2020
1 points

I am a very severe stutterer but I become almost completely fluent when whispering. This seems like a really interesting idea!...

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postr/StutterJan 23, 2020
6 points

Does whispering help you talk more relaxed and more fluently?

Does whispering help you talk more relaxed and more fluently? Hello, My name is Joris from The Netherlands and I'm stutterering myself. If you stutter you probably recognize it: when you whisper the...

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commentr/StutterJan 21, 2020
25 points

It’s confusing in that most stuttering, in those who haven’t had a traumatic brain Injury, is situational. If a defect in the brain limited speech ability, how would the person be able to speak fluent...

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commentr/StutterJan 19, 2020
1 points

E.g. DAF devices work on stutterers, but then again, it's not exactly the same thing. Maybe there's something really general in common still, with regards to production and interference. Dunno....

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commentr/StutterJan 18, 2020
1 points

Yeah same thing for me I rarely stutter when reading I think it's because our attention is focused on something else, so our speech gets automated and just flows...

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commentr/StutterJan 15, 2020
1 points

I thought the stutter in Pearl Harbor, with Ben Affleck, was lame...

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commentr/StutterJan 14, 2020
1 points

Hmm I chew a gum sometimes, but never noticed speech improvement. I will try it and hopefully not choke myself with gum in the middle of stutter lol...

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commentr/StutterJan 12, 2020
3 points

Learning how to sing helps a lot. It makes you use your diaphragm and throat muscles. Which carries over to normal speaking. I started singing in college and it was night and day after I actually lear...

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postr/StutterJan 10, 2020
0 points

Two real things you can buy that helped me significantly.

Two real things you can buy that helped me significantly. 1. Espresso coffee "President" (ground or beans). Try buying "espresso" coffee beans or grounded coffee of other brands. Important note: vario...

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commentr/StutterJan 10, 2020
1 points

my friend’s mom learned that we don’t stutter while singing, so any time she hears me stutter, she goes “sing to me” oddly enough, if I connect my words as if I’m singing, my speech does flow a lot ...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2020
3 points

Yea if I’m consistent with working out and eating good I tend to be more fluent. Sugar just no bueno in general...

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2020
2 points

I have no medical proof but I want to say yes. When I have a sugary latte I get clouded and fuzzy....

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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2020
3 points

Low/no sugar diet? Does that help with regulating dopamine to make you more fluent?...

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postr/StutterJan 7, 2020
73 points

here's my college essay that i wrote about stuttering. it got me into duke

here's my college essay that i wrote about stuttering. it got me into duke When the recording was done, my camp counselor dragged the cursor over a wriggling patch of sound and snapped the delete butt...

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commentr/StutterJan 7, 2020
1 points

Take 300mg of vitamin B1 + Magnesium. It helped me tremendously. Practice speaking with a morning voice. It facilitates the flow of air and you'll do abdominal breathing unconsciously....

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commentr/StutterJan 4, 2020
1 points

SLP here who has studied stuttering - the reason why this works is because your brain is focusing on the novelty of the accent, which lessens the frequency of stuttering in that instance. Many childre...

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