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Professionals will help more than you can. It's a tough one, though. I started stuttering at around age 5 or 6, my mom seems to think it happened at like 9 or 10, but I just hid it well. Depending o...

Down To Game! And if you need someone to talk to

Down To Game! And if you need someone to talk to Hey everyone. Saw other stutterers were posting their gamer tags so here are mine. I have stuttered since birth but have nearly total fluency now at ...

You got a bad therapist, one who should be reported to the national Speech Language Pathology board because she has no business being a SLP. My experiences were all positive (from 2nd grade through co...

Just thought I'd chime on this -- I found his book very helpful in managing my own stutter and built a tool which is inspired by it: [https://randomlyread.com/](https://randomlyread.com/). Much of the...

I can personally vouch for his book and techniques; every stutter is different but for me it was very helpful. Happy to provide you some pointers on his techniques if you'd want to avoid paying his fe...

I’ve actually used the Speech Easy before. It felt wicked weird hearing your own voice but made it easier to be fluent. Be careful however not to use it a lot, as your brain will get used to it and be...

This might be a difficult time you're going thru now but believe me when I say that it'll get better. Take baby steps. I'd try therapy again and focus on what they teach you. Speech therapy might be ...

I know it’s really hard. Honestly, I feel you. Sometimes it needs to get worse before it gets better. The fact that you are on here writing about it is AMAZING. I was in denial for so long and it ma...

My therapist gives me reading for children but that doesn't mean is something to feel bad, is the only method to read well no matter for what age the books are for, it is just a reading which does not...

Best advice for making a stutterer comfortable and minimize stutter?

Best advice for making a stutterer comfortable and minimize stutter? I work at a facility that assesses some professionals and their conversational skills with the general public. From time to time we...

could you explain a bit more? what is stuttering an effect of?...

What you describe is basically at the heart of successful treatments. Stuttering is an effect, it's not the ''thing'' that is the ''problem.''...

English isnt my main language, i'll try to explain the best i can. the techniques where: easy/smooth start , hyperarticulation, cancelation, pause , pause + smooth start , volunteer stutter (stutterin...

I had "speech therapy" while going through school, mostly in elementary school in the early 90s. That did virtually nothing, though the teacher basically knew she was in over her head and told me/my p...

That’s really good to know! I am a middle and high school speech therapist and sometimes I really struggle to find materials that are age appropriate. Sometimes you want something with simple language...

I went to a group speech therapy .It was very helpful . We talked about techniques and went in detail about how the sound is produced, then we focused making the different sounds controlled. I remembe...

Has ANYONE went to a speech therapist?Have you seen any results or improvements?

Has ANYONE went to a speech therapist?Have you seen any results or improvements? I am doing speech therapy about 1 month and i can see some good results, for example when i am about to speak i calm an...

Just find what works and make it fun. I’ll share the advice my kid’s speech therapist told us: “keep reiterating this message: everyone has trouble getting their words out sometimes. There’s nothing w...

Did the fluentspeech.com course (twice). Drove out to Norfolk Virginia for a week. Was something like 20% fluid before the class and 95% fluent after. Changed my life. Didnt do any of the "upkeep", fe...

If you've tried speech therapy and it worked, or at least slightly helped in your case, what lessons/techniques did you find most effective?

If you've tried speech therapy and it worked, or at least slightly helped in your case, what lessons/techniques did you find most effective? Looking forward to hear from people who've had positive out...