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commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
4 points

Thank you so much!! I’m not involved in his medical stuff because I’ve worked in a hospital before and don’t want to accidentally influence him, but I know he’s tried practically everything at this po...

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commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2025
2 points

My main goal was overcoming the fear of stuttering and the social anxiety associated with it. Speech therapy definitely helped with that. With each session, I opened up more and more. It got easier to...

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commentr/StutterJan 31, 2025
2 points

Thank you! Breathing exercises are also a huge help. Speech therapy was very valuable for me - the first time I could ever talk about my problem openly. It was the start of the snowball effect. How...

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commentr/StutterJan 31, 2025
1 points

Nope. 22 years ago I applied to Mcguire, but also to Starfish Project. Starfish phoned back first so I took the Starfish route. I mentored on dozens of Starfish courses and then a group of us wanted t...

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commentr/StutterJan 31, 2025
0 points

I'm an SLP and I stutter. Fluency should never be the goal, as stuttering is a neurological difference and not curable. The goals are around making it easier to communicate with others, reducing avoid...

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commentr/StutterJan 31, 2025
3 points

I was in William Parry's workshop twice, and I read his book almost 20 years ago. I think a lot of what he says is plausible. Whether it's the "most effective", who knows. I found his breathing and...

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commentr/StutterJan 31, 2025
1 points

I never had much luck with fluency shaping techniques, but I did find it very helpful for my "head game." We would work on speech situations that I found difficult....

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commentr/StutterJan 30, 2025
2 points

it varies from person to person. I learned a few techniques and became more confident in my stutter. but my neurological disorder isn't that common ( i stutter and clutter) so i got frustrated that I ...

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commentr/StutterJan 30, 2025
3 points

Yes. School based speech therapy - no improvement. Professional speech therapy in my teens for 3-4 years - mediocre improvement. SAME Professional speech therapy at 25 for less than a year - drasti...

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commentr/StutterJan 30, 2025
4 points

My son who’s 15 now, had a stutter starting at 4 and got speech help in preschool and kindergarten. End of 1st, he made such amazing progress and he stopped speech. He always maintained a little bit o...

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commentr/StutterJan 30, 2025
6 points

Give it a try. Some stutterers like me have been doing it for majority of their life and didn’t really see much improvement. But some people who never done it before saw change that positively impacte...

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postr/StutterJan 30, 2025
11 points

Does speech therapy actually work

Does speech therapy actually work I want to join speech therapy to help with my stutter but idk if it works. Does it work?...

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commentr/StutterJan 30, 2025
2 points

I did speech therapy I went to HCRI actually which specializes in stutters. I find that the tools they taught me can be found online. I found them to be helpful in that environment, however I find the...

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commentr/StutterJan 30, 2025
4 points

I went for the first time at 45! It did really help, but then I stopped practicing and went back to the usual. I think speech therapy might be something I will have to pick up periodically, as a refre...

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postr/StutterJan 30, 2025
5 points

Why have i NEVER thought to before (therapy!?)

Why have i NEVER thought to before (therapy!?) I'll make this quick. Bad stutter when youger Its much better now (59m), but still lingers. It only occurred to me last night: Why have you NEVER cons...

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commentr/StutterJan 29, 2025
2 points

I started speech therapy at age 5 and have gone my whole life. I have given it my all to get as fluent as I am now. Disfluency has different levels and causes and some people will never be able to tra...

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commentr/StutterJan 26, 2025
2 points

I know two people who appear to be “cured,” who grew up in dysfunctional abusive families. One sexually abused by a stepfather. The other verbally abused. Both improved as late teens, early adults aft...

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commentr/StutterJan 26, 2025
8 points

Sounds like a success story. To manage it so well that others dont notice. Mind if you share more about what speech techniques and when/at what age did you learn them?...

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commentr/StutterJan 17, 2025
1 points

Hi! I didn't think about putting this information on my profile. I'll do that! I heard a while ago that for teachers is hard on Cambly, because of the students that won't study English. I don't unders...

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commentr/StutterJan 17, 2025
3 points

So i'm on the other side of this, as I teach English online, mainly to little kids, and I have a stutter. I did work on Cambly a while back, and with Cambly, you can put in your profile that you have...

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