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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2021
2 points

Do you have health insurance? If so, that can absorb a lot of the cost. American Institute for Stuttering has an application for financial aid. The AIS might be a good starting point for you. http...

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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2021
1 points

Have you watched Megan Washington's TedTalk? Have you watched WWYD episode of a stuttering waiter scenario? Have you gone out of your way to talk to a proper speech therapist? Have you read the articl...

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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2021
-14 points

He's just doing his job relax haha. Also a speech coach is not inspirational... a person who has an issue and overcomes it, that is inspirational, maybe even the meaning of life u/JordanPeterson. If y...

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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2021
5 points

Many people are ignorant, partly because they never met a stutterer. I agree, that a teacher should know about speech problems, and not reacting like this. It's 2021 after all, you can get every piece...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2021
1 points

I would really recommend the Dave McGuire Program. They have a self help book on Amazon that you can download for just about 10 dollars. It’s called “Beyond Stammering: The Sport of getting good at Sp...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2021
1 points

Some advice would be to intentionally stutter on one or a few of the words before your feared words (“dollar” or “delivery”). This will ease your brain because if you stutter on purpose, it tells your...

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commentr/StutterJun 6, 2021
2 points

Hi Mattia, Unfortunately I have yet to find any success with the dopamine antagonists I have been prescribed over the past few years. One of them also made me gain some weight. I am familiar with Dr...

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commentr/StutterJun 5, 2021
3 points

Love this. Thanks for posting this! I have a book by Lee Lovett and I will check out the others you’ve suggested....

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2021
1 points

Wow that's amazing and does really keep me at ease to just be honest as it can be down to letting someone be open about the stutter. Will definitely give it a read!...

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postr/StutterJun 2, 2021
7 points

Forced Handedness and stuttering - disproven?

Forced Handedness and stuttering - disproven? Hi, All — I’ve gone down a bit of a rabbit hole on forced handedness being related to stuttering. Forced handedness meaning, a kid who should have been a ...

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postr/StutterJun 1, 2021
6 points

Does anyone have experience with the "McGuire programme" ?

Does anyone have experience with the "McGuire programme" ? I have been some YouTube videos about thé McGuire program. It's like a 3 - 4 day programme that teaches you a new way of breathing and speaki...

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commentr/StutterMay 31, 2021
3 points

Cool. :-) Here's a few links to the place I learned these skills back in the 1980's (just after it opened). I never did any follow-up sessions etc. HTH : [https://www.ualberta.ca/stuttering-speech-th...

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commentr/StutterMay 30, 2021
10 points

Don’t take ratings too seriously. They could easily have bots or friends purposely give five stars. My friend runs an e-commerce shop and he had all of us rate five stars to drive in business....

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commentr/StutterMay 30, 2021
3 points

Not that I know of, but if you are a member of speechanxiety (SAC) website, you could probably contact Lee personally and ask him for a copy. He has other books he has written and he gives them for fr...

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postr/StutterMay 30, 2021
15 points

Speechanxiety.com?

Speechanxiety.com? Anybody ever use speechanxiety.com. Just learned about it. They pretty much promise fluency, plus they have all 5 star ratings, which is usually pretty sketchy but they seem pretty ...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2021
3 points

They are testing investigational drug ecopipam For stuttering, hopefully it get marketed in 2 to 5 years...

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commentr/StutterMay 28, 2021
8 points

they don't allocate the same amount of resources for stuttering cure, most of them focus on therapy, maybe because it's not a global pandemic. edit: the science of making a vaccine is not new, while ...

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postr/StutterMay 27, 2021
5 points

This is 2021 how they don’t have a way to fix stuttering already. They made a vaccine in a couple of months. How no one knows what causes stuttering and how to fix it??

This is 2021 how they don’t have a way to fix stuttering already. They made a vaccine in a couple of months. How no one knows what causes stuttering and how to fix it?? ...

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commentr/StutterMay 27, 2021
10 points

2-10 years. They're making good progress with Tourette's, and stuttering (the developmental kind) has similar patterns in the brain. I don't think it'll be cured though, just alleviated. We already h...

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postr/StutterMay 27, 2021
5 points

Maybe stupid question but which year you think something will soon be created a quick thing to get rid of stuttering or make it much easier?

Maybe stupid question but which year you think something will soon be created a quick thing to get rid of stuttering or make it much easier? ...

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