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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
2 points

You're better off making a post asking about it. I have a few minutes of experience with DAF. My speech pathologist used it as a tool to demonstrate my ability to be fluent. Not as a tool to achieve ...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesAssistive DevicesTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2023
5 points

I’m a speech therapist with a stutter, I’ve utilized DAF in research as well as with clients so I got ya. You’ve found an AMAZING tool that helps in limited opportunities for a limited time. People wh...

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Fluency TechniquesAssistive DevicesHelpful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2023
2 points

If you have a presentation, I'd keep doing whatever helps you. I'm not familiar with the DSF app. I'll check it out though. Sue...

Coping & AdvocacyCommunity & Support
Fluency TechniquesResearch & Resources
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2023
3 points

My knowledge of DAF is VERY dated and limited... But it was my understanding that it was never intended for long term use. My doctor showed me I could be fluent using a DAF device. That was the on...

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Fluency TechniquesTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2023
2 points

I stutter talking to myself as well, I also practice tongue twisters to myself out loud to help with it a little...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Experiential AssociationFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJun 3, 2023
4 points

Should I continue with DAF App

Should I continue with DAF App So lately when I’ve been doing presentations I’ve been using the DAF app which has helped me minimize my stutter. However, I’m now questioning whether or not I should st...

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Fluency TechniquesHelpful Med OutcomesAssistive Devices
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2023
1 points

Agree! Maybe try starting small by making eye contact with *yourself* in a mirror, while speaking with various repetitions and blocks. Then, while still looking in mirror, make phone calls, while do...

Coping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Voluntary Stuttering & ExposureFluency TechniquesDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2023
1 points

Many many PWS struggle with their own name. It’s often the biggest challenge (and it’s *not* bc we all magically got named with the letter/sound we struggle with, especially if you can articulate the...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Feared Words & NamesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 3, 2023
4 points

It's good A couple of techniques in one place Maybe we should make a post like "Effective technique used by you to minimize the stuttering "...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Advice OfferedFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJun 2, 2023
15 points

Eye contact enemy #1

Eye contact enemy #1 It’s gotten so bad. I’m at such a low point I don’t know how to pull myself out of it. I can’t even look my girlfriend in the eyes when I talk. I hit a block and instantly close...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentFluency Techniques+3 more
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2023
3 points

I wish. Multiple people told me that I should change my breathing. I still stutter...

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Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2023
18 points

Stuttering is not a breathing problem. If all it took was diaphragmatic breathing we'd all be fluent....

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2023
1 points

I can account for that. When I breathe from my diaphragm and talk slow. I have no stutter. It’s only after I get anxious, don’t sleep good or excited about something I forget about my breathing and I ...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2023
-6 points

Congratulations. I think it is well known that majority, but not all, of stuttering people have breathing related stutter....

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Severity & FluctuationFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJun 2, 2023
6 points

End Stuttering

End Stuttering I am an ex stutterer, following a car accident, in which I received a TBI.I will share some insightsI have gained: It seems to me that 10% of people do something that affects their dia...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Neurological & BrainFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 2, 2023
1 points

Just to add: I am an ex stutterer, following an accident, in which I received a TBI , so the stutter could have been caused by anything. I believe that by relearning to speak with my diaphragm was the...

Coping & AdvocacyParent & Caregiver
Fluency TechniquesHome Support
postr/StutterMay 30, 2023
54 points

Presentation went really well

Presentation went really well Hello im 15M and I just had to give a presentation about a book and it actually went with minimal stuttering. I talked fluently and only had like 2 blocks for less then a...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilitySeverity & FluctuationFluency Techniques+2 more
commentr/StutterMay 29, 2023
1 points

I turned subtitles on and started reading more cured myself in a year. Now I turn the captions off and practices on hearing everything the first time since audio nowadays is weird...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2023
1 points

Maybe just pause until the block diminish and then you can say your business... thats a BIG question so there is no easy solution. Keep trying what works for you. But you make a great discovery... tha...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterMay 28, 2023
1 points

What I do is I just breath and start my sentence over that helps the majority of times and otherwise I try to keep my mouth moving so I'll have it less often. Good luck....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques