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commentr/StutterOct 27, 2019
3 points

So you’re thinking about receiving speech therapy from this therapist? I would ask 1) what experience they have in the area (as there are specialists and generalists), 2) what therapies they offer a...

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postr/StutterOct 27, 2019
8 points

Need Your Help!

Need Your Help! What questions would you ask if you were interviewing a speech therapist? What would you like to know about them that might persuade you to "hire" , "use" them? (I am interviewing a...

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commentr/StutterOct 26, 2019
6 points

Absolutely. I am a speech therapist and I have a stutter. There is a long history of speech pathologists / therapists who stutter. Some of the hosts of the Stutter Talk Podcast are speech pathologist ...

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commentr/StutterOct 25, 2019
3 points

Have you spoken to the senior doctors? Have you got a mentor at the hospital? There are two separate things to look at here. The first is your ability to do medical stuff. If your a 6th year student y...

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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2019
1 points

Do you have the paid subscription? Is it worth for the lessons and extra features? Did you think it helped?...

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2019
1 points

Hi ViRepz, We appreciate your opinion. Speechagain is actually not only an "online" program but a tool that is accompanied with an in-person SLP. We agree that you need live practice with real peopl...

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2019
3 points

No dude, you’re amazing! Seriously, that takes guts! Your story hits close to home. I’m in my last year of college and my stutter has progressively gotten worse over the course of my college career. I...

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commentr/StutterOct 22, 2019
2 points

Thank you for sharing your story. Just like in your case, stuttering usually starts in childhood so by the time someone reaches high school they had thousands of opportunities to develop ingrained ne...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
2 points

If you experience blocks I would like to encourage you to find an experienced Speech and Language Pathologist and start a course of therapy. The more someone fights against their stutter, the worse it...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
1 points

My top advice is that if you are really bothered or worried about your stutter, there are brilliant specialist Speech and Language Pathologists out there that can help you gain confidence and become m...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
1 points

Is your approach to working with clients who stutter focused on ways to fix/eliminate the stutter? Or, is your approach more around ways to reduce the struggles associated with stuttering and helping ...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
1 points

i am male, 22, software developer, what would you advice for a stutterer to make his speech better or more fluent, and most importantly how to avoid the blocks ?...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
4 points

There are completely different approaches to treating children and adults who stutter and I would really recommend giving it another try. I often find that my adult patients are a lot more motivated t...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
2 points

I went to speech therapy when I was a child like for 2 or 3 years but then stopped. I'm 20 years old now and I'm still stuttering since I learned how to talk, I'm trying to live with it. Any advice fo...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
1 points

The more someone fights against their stutter, the more they try to hide it, avoid words, people, certain situations, the worse their stutter gets. This is because when someone stutters, their brain i...

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commentr/StutterOct 21, 2019
3 points

As I explained below in my answer to a comment, stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder so it can't have started because your uncle "cursed" you. It is more likely that you have a genetic predispo...

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postr/StutterOct 21, 2019
26 points

I am a Speech and Language Therapist specialising in stuttering – Ask Me Anything

I am a Speech and Language Therapist specialising in stuttering – Ask Me Anything [removed]...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2019
2 points

I was an implementation project manager but was promoted to manager of the project managers for fortune100 company. I recently went back to speech classes and it’s helped a lot but I still have block...

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commentr/StutterOct 19, 2019
3 points

I work as a pharmacist. Pretty much what other people have said. You just have to own that you have a stutter in any job you do, or any part of life. Many of us who stutter find that, counterintuiti...

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commentr/StutterOct 18, 2019
2 points

I doubt It Will be covered, but ill check it out, so far self hypnosis seems to do at least something to me...

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