Fluency Shaping TechniquesStuttering blocks occur in the connected speech of people who stutter. Stuttering “blocks” are usually categorized as: Repetitions – Repeating the same sound or syllable several times. Repetitions usually occur at the beginning of words although sometimes at the end or even the middle syllable. The schwa sound “uh” is commonly […]
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Does stuttering qualify as a disability in the courts? If a person who stutters faces job discrimination, does the law offer protection? These are questions asked by many speech-language pathologists and people who stutter. And the answers are “sometimes” and “depending.” Although the questions are addressed mostly in employment disputes, they may also come up
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Many people want to know – does stuttering ever go away? The answer depends on several factors: age; severity; treatment choices and persistence. The good news is that research has shown that 75% of preschoolers aged 2 – 5 years will recover spontaneously – without any therapy. Therefore, the remaining 25% will grow up to
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The types of stuttering most commonly seen are below. These show how the stuttering is produced. And show what the person who stutters does when they stutter. Types of Stuttering are classified as: Repetitions Single syllable whole word repetitions – like “I-I-I-I-I want a cup.” Part word and sound repetitions – like “give me a cu-cu-cu-cup.” Sound
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Many people want to know – “why people stutter”. Stuttering occurs in about one percent of adults worldwide. Therefore, in the US, that would be over 3 million people who stutter. Worldwide there are 70 million. The outdated psychological theory of why people stutter What causes stuttering in the first place? For many years, stuttering was thought
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Researchers are still studying the underlying stuttering causes. A combination of factors may be involved. Some of the stuttering causes include: Abnormalities in speech motor control. Neuroimaging studies using PET scans or functional MRI to examine adults who stutter have shown different patterns of brain activation during stuttering and even at rest. Stutterers show more activation
People have probably told you that all you need to do is just “SLOW DOWN” and “THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY”. I know that I heard that a lot when I was stuttering severely. The problem was that I tried that many times and I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t just slow
Stuttering Modification techniques were developed by Charles Van Riper in the 1930s. Clinicians wanted to teach clients to “stutter more easily”. They taught techniques to reduce tension by training muscle relaxation during the moments of stuttering. Some of these procedures are “pull-outs” (reducing tension during the stuttering moment) and “cancellations” (completing the stuttering moment and
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