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In order for any of this to make sense is to understand the importance of the Valsalva response and when to use it. The Valsalva response is mainly used to close the vocal cords to stiffen up the uppe...

First disinformation is that stuttering is neurological. Saying that is just a cope.. “it’s neurological so there is nothing I can do about it” BULSHIT! You just gave up, that’s what it is. There a...

I started for most of my youth and into my early twenties before taking the therapy that changed my life forever. One of the aspects that I found is do not avoid do not try to replace focus on head on...

I stuttered through most of my life until 1985 when I took the pfsp which is the Precision fluency shaping program here in Toronto. From that moment onwards my Sutter has become less and less. It's st...

I am a speech pathologist and an expert in brain-based teaching and learning. I found stuttering to be a curse which greatly upended my life. I have spent over 20 years researching how the brain learn...

Certain aspects of stuttering are generally “all in the head”. If you order coffee (or any order similar low stakes situation) and when they ask for your name, you instantly look away, get a panicky ...

I took the left path! I preached a 25 minutes sermon at my church without a single bout of disfluency! Self acceptance is the key to unlocking fluency....

Yo i started speech therapy recently, he always tells me to breathe after every sentence and more stuff. Does it help?...

I never used Bill Parry’s program. I just used his research to help me find a pathway to fluency. As a speech pathologist and an expert in brain-based teaching and learning I was able to take the rese...

Kind of. You have to relax your abdomen and your Valsalva Mechanism and focus on phonation. According to the Valsalva Hypothesis, stuttering is a confusion between the Brain, Larynx and Valsalva Mecha...

My stutter is anxiety based and I don’t stutter when I’m alone. MEANING, I am physically able to be fluent in front of people as well. His app uses techniques to allow you to build that habit. That’s ...

You need to know what he means by “cure”. He explains it over and over in his videos. It’s not a magic switch where you wake up one day and ur stutter is all gone. You build habits to reduce stutterin...

Also, he uses the word NEUROSCIENCE because he uses the method based on neuroplasticity. This is the scientific fact that your brain is not hard wired and you can grow and learn and adapt new HABITS. ...

He calls it a CURE because after so much effort and practice, he comes off as a fluent speaker to non stutteres. That’s what he said in his own words in his videos. It’s not magic, it’s not a on and o...

Breathing exercises are effective in treating stuttering.

Breathing exercises are effective in treating stuttering. Has anyone corrected or reduced stuttering blocks by doing breathing exercises?...

I agree that "stuttering is a variation of normal speech", but this perspective has clear limits: for individuals with more severe stuttering like me, it can be physically and mentally exhausting. S...

I am basically stutter free. I achieved my fluency by understanding how to breathe when speaking. I followed the Valsalva method which helped me to control my airflow during speech. This in turn allow...

Method on speech blocks

Method on speech blocks Have you ever tried to JUST make the first sound of the word when you’re blocked? For example, if you get stuck on the word *“Coca-Cola,”* have you tried focusing on the firs...

For me, if i start to stutter over a block i stop talking. (forcing it, never works) i take a breath in and then a breath out, on the Exhale i try again. The exhale breath relaxes all of the muscles i...

Does costal breathing really work?

Does costal breathing really work? I would like to know more about it. Any of you guys have experience with it ? In addition, how did you learn it ?...