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# Summary PART #3: # Chapter 6: Extinction of the Conditioned Response This chapter outlines methods for **reducing stuttering through deconditioning**: * The **goal of extinction** is to lower the...

# Summary PART #2: # Chapter 3: Causes of Stuttering Stuttering is framed as arising from a combination of **predisposing (distal)** and **triggering (proximal)** factors. **Primary factors include...

**Brief summary of the stutter book (2025) - provided by ChatGPT:** **Summary PART #1:** This book presents a comprehensive analysis of developmental stuttering through the lens of the Variable Rele...

I'll try writing a big summary in the future.. but here's a brief summary up til where I've read. So. The author (a psychologist) stutters. And. She writes to let go of preconceived notions about stut...

Stuttering, the forms it takes and what urges it on differs from person to person. Whereas others may not stutter or at least stutter far less when doing something like acting or public speaking, mine...

This is the story of my life, I stutter the most around close friends and family, then less around strangers and almost never on dates. Should be opposite right? I think it’s 2 main reasons, one being...

Exactly. When you think about what you’re going to say it gets trapped in your mouth it feels, and you can’t get it out. For me to stutter less I have to think on the spot and basically act super enth...

Stuttering is a neurological problem likely with an emotional/anxiety overlay that develops “after the egg has been laid.” What came first: the chicken or the egg? The stuttering chicken came first an...

In India we don't have clubs. It's only in high end private schools. I'm preparing for JEE, and wouldn't be probably going to school anymore so it doesn't matter anymore. I don't have good ponds over...

I hope this will help at least one person. I started paying attention to what triggered my stuttering: What is the common denominator in stutter triggers? For example, we might speak fluently when we...

Idea for a potentia anti studdering device with AI

Idea for a potentia anti studdering device with AI 1) When you hear a person getting stuck on a word, you often know what word they are trying to say based on the previous words in the sentence and th...

Thank you. While its very calm and relaxed, don't you think people are generally impatient? I mean they may consider it as lack of energy and enthusiasm in our speech. With these many pauses, and this...

Feeling Completely Stuck

Feeling Completely Stuck No pun intended. I'm an adult with a speech block (essentially, I cannot speak verbally; imagine trying to run forward but encountering an immovable concrete wall that you de...

Can I get rid of it?

Can I get rid of it? I'm sorry if some parts don't make sense. I'm currently 16 years old (M). I've had an extreme stutter for about 10 or 9 years now. My stutter is unique. Sometimes it acts as a n...

Today one word came from my deepest of my mind “Die”

Today one word came from my deepest of my mind “Die” Stuttering is not always like, taking time to get out a word, sometime word doesn’t want to come out at all, like when you are trying to say a word...

I feel like I'm the only stutterer who suffers this much

I feel like I'm the only stutterer who suffers this much I went to a group speech therapy a few years ago, and for the first time in my life, I felt thankful because I realized that my stutter is actu...

Does this happen to others?

Does this happen to others? Hi Am 59m, had a horrible stutter when younger, but now it only lingers. I have ADHD and my mind runs reaaaallly fast(!) and as a result, am always stumbling over my word...

I agree with you. Learned blocks is another manifestation of stuttering. Somehow PWS noticed that delaying uttering words makes easy perception on the audience. Attempts to interrupt the blocks transf...

Most stutterers do not stutter when speaking alone. Could this suggest that speech execution has been maladaptively conditioned in the presence of certain individuals? What are the strengths and challenges of this assertion?

Most stutterers do not stutter when speaking alone. Could this suggest that speech execution has been maladaptively conditioned in the presence of certain individuals? What are the strengths and chall...

Our sensitivity (perception threshold) to feared words is related to the threat perception and attention systems of the brain. Therefore, it may be beneficial if we add a word before that word. I agre...