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commentr/StutterAug 14, 2021
4 points

Hi, SLT and stammer ally here 🙂 The approach you mentioned is parent-child interaction therapy. In UK it is based on research from the Palin centre. The Lidcombe program has an evidence base but it c...

Parent & CaregiverTherapy & Professional
Home SupportSeeking TherapyCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterAug 14, 2021
4 points

when you’re a kid with a new age parent you get new age cures: * sleep naked * wear a blue stone around your neck (your throat chakra is blue idk) * hypnotherapy * subliminal message tapes * ...

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commentr/StutterAug 14, 2021
2 points

> Your neck and spine aren't straight. Once I make chiropractic adjustments, your stutter will go away. (From a Chiropractor) Quack... Quack, quack, quack....

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2021
5 points

Haha, when I was a kid, I would try to pray and meditate inorder to summon God, so I could ask him to cure my stutter....

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Hope & MotivationCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterAug 13, 2021
7 points

I have been told this hack since my childhood by literally soo many people. Its goes by like this Get a bowl and fill it with water and then keep it on your roof where birds will come and drink from ...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
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postr/StutterAug 13, 2021
18 points

What is the funniest "fix" for stuttering you have been told?

What is the funniest "fix" for stuttering you have been told? I've been told some crazy "cures" over the years and are curious to know what you have been told. My top two are: 1) Have a baby and your...

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commentr/StutterAug 10, 2021
2 points

> Ecopipam This is a drug without an application. They are continually trying to find an application for it, unsuccessfully so far. Now they are targeting stutterers as a potential market....

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2021
2 points

Wikipedia page for the drug suggests that it's a solution in search of a problem. They've made the drug a while ago, they just aren't sure if it works for anything....

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2021
3 points

this is my lifetime wish tbh. all this drugs for nearly any case, and the stuttering is only having sessions and support groups.. makes me very disappointed.. i wish in the future they invent a medica...

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commentr/StutterJul 11, 2021
5 points

That’s not recommended by speech therapists. It’s not an approved treatment.There is no drugs for stuttering.Be careful of people trying to sell you fake cures it’s a scam...

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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2021
2 points

What about a stutter that arises at a later age? I didn’t start stuttering until I was about 18. I’m 22 now and still stutter. Would it be neurological in this case? Is there any “cure” for it here, o...

Speech & StutteringCauses & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
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commentr/StutterJul 6, 2021
3 points

Stuttering can be caused by a traumatic event. I stuttered aged 4 after witnessing My parents having a massive argument. Stuttering can be cured or stopped. I've not stuttered in 6 months after usi...

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Trauma & PsychologicalCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2021
3 points

Just google "stutter homeopathy" and watch the boatloads of crap go by. E.g. "Homeopathic remedies are very effective in stuttering. They are natural, gentle, harmless, and easy to take, are regulate...

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2021
5 points

Thank you for reminding me that my mother once told me that the closer I got to God, the more my speech would improve. That’s basically when I started chucking everything she said out the window....

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2021
2 points

Sheeesh! Just shows you that there's still crazy alternatives to these things. Glad you or your mom didn't see that guy again....

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2021
5 points

In high school, my friend’s dad informed me that my stuttering was caused by wearing contact lenses....

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2021
3 points

I actually had a guy back in the 80s ask my mom if she would let him cut the connections between my lips, tongue and jaw to see if it would help. Thankfully we didn't see that guy again....

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2021
5 points

Former Chicago Bulls great Bob Love, a stutterer, once confessed that his grandmother used to hit him in the face with a wet dishrag whenever he stuttered; she had read or heard this cured it. No...

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Trauma & PsychologicalCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterJun 26, 2021
3 points

Oh my god my mom tried to treat me by telling that story to me, she didn’t force stone in my mouth tho lol...

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commentr/StutterJun 26, 2021
3 points

Historically speaking, [Demosthenes did that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes#Speech_training), and it worked for him. "Plutarch also states that he had "an inarticulate and stammering pron...

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