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commentr/StutterDec 7, 2020
2 points

This is just what I do and helps me a lot: Tap your finger on ur thigh on every single syllable you say. This type of physical movement helps get the stuck syllable out. People usually do “ummm”, eye ...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension
postr/StutterDec 7, 2020
4 points

does it help you more in stuttering, reading aloud or reading with syllables slowlt

does it help you more in stuttering, reading aloud or reading with syllables slowlt [deleted]...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
postr/StutterDec 6, 2020
6 points

First time on this page!

First time on this page! Hi! I‘be had a stutter for much of my life, and was very fortunate to have parents who took my stutter seriously and sent me to speech therapy for a few years. For the most pa...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2020
1 points

Since /t/ is a plosive phoneme you want to spend the least amount of time on it if you say the word “street”. Your goal is to get to the “ee” is of Street. Picture a clock in your head. If you sound o...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
commentr/StutterDec 6, 2020
5 points

You can try to make the ‘st’/‘str’ soft and short and the following vowel accentuated and a little harder (example stUUUttering). (Sorry for my weird English, not my first language)....

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesRepetitions & Prolongations
postr/StutterDec 6, 2020
6 points

People who had a severe stutter in the past and don’t anymore, how did you get over it?

People who had a severe stutter in the past and don’t anymore, how did you get over it? In what ways did you practice or help yourself?...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

I highly recommend finding some children's books your son might be interested in and buying a physical and recorded copy. Try to encourage him to read aloud with the recording in private. My stutter...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyEmotional Experience
Assistive DevicesFluency TechniquesAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

>because he'll try and keep up, but is filled with block after block. Ah, I see now. Acting as a model. That might be good for him. Glad I could help, regardless :)...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
3 points

That very much does and much better that what I've been reading as far as the research goes. He does go to a private SLP who has been very helpful. My wife was considering sending him to a camp wi...

Coping & AdvocacyParent & CaregiverSchool & Work
Fluency TechniquesHome SupportSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

Spontaneous recovery has less to do with chronological age and more to do with time since onset, and this has been taught since [at least the 80's.](https://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/jdwilliamslibrar...

Speech & StutteringSchool & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesSchool & Academic LifeFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

Gotcha. Well, you know you'll be able to present, because you've got it ready and all. As for blocks - will you perhaps be able to fall back on pointing to the slide text (or otherwise) if it happen...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 3, 2020
1 points

i know you heard this millions of times. But control your breathing, take frequent pauses, and speak slowly. don’t try to finish as fast a you can. in 7th grade i did all of those, and it helped drast...

Coping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Fluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
5 points

my situation is almost entirely the same as yours but i'm just 16. from what i've experienced, you really need to not care and say what you want or need to say. i would recommend talking to your teach...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Acceptance & PrideSchool & Academic LifeFluency Techniques+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
2 points

The most useful thing for me was just practicing talking in a very calm, softer voice than how I actually speak. I talk in that way whenever someone new speaks to me, otherwise I drop it and talk like...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Fluency TechniquesAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
3 points

Happy for you! I do presentations a lot of the time for my biology classes, it gets way easier the more you do it....

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Public SpeakingFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
1 points

It's not a monster, it's just a thing that some people have. Therapy is meant to help you manage your stutter, if you find some techniques you can apply. Avoiding words isn't really a technique, thou...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Acceptance & PrideFluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
1 points

I started in April we do breathing exercises as well as other exercises that are reading or syllables, I thought maybe these elementary words I can say without stuttering, I know that therapy does no...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & AdvocacyAnticipation & Avoidance
Seeking TherapyFluency TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
3 points

I coped with it by reading aloud, seeing a speech therapist for a couple sessions, and generally accepting it as part of who I am. It seems paradoxical but when I stopped resisting it, it stopped bein...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Acceptance & PrideFluency TechniquesEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterDec 2, 2020
1 points

Hey I get it, I’m a paramedic and I’m currently battling a stutter as well. I really don’t have a issue with it until I have to say something on the radio. Sometimes I’ll go to say “medic 104” and it ...

Coping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Fluency TechniquesSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterDec 1, 2020
2 points

Not at all, the last time that I gave a "work hard" technique/course/therapy a chance was, like, 13 years ago, they just don't work for me. The only things that sometimes work are: \- Trying to rela...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Fluency TechniquesStress & Fight/FlightHope & Motivation