Most people don’t know the best ways to react when confronted with a person with a stuttering problem. Only one percent of people stutter. Chances are talking with a person who stutters will be a rare occurrence. Here are some do’s and don’ts that that will show you how to help someone who stutters. Dont’s […]
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Stuttering Treatment Results – David came to the Power Stuttering Center in Newport Beach, California from Uruguay in the summer. He was the CEO of a large software company in South America and also a person who stuttered. He had seen certain stuttering treatment results reported by scientific research journals. These journals stated that “prolonged speech
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Board Certified Stuttering Specialist – What are they? All licensed speech pathologists are permitted to treat stuttering. The problem is that most of them have little or no training in stuttering. About ten years ago the requirements for classes and supervised training clinic hours in stuttering therapy were removed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Graduate
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According to a national survey, 11.1% of undergraduate students reported having a disability including a stuttering disability. These students are entitled to the same quality of education as anyone else, even though they may face unique challenges. The team of experts at the Affordable Colleges published a financial aid guide for students with disabilities that helps students: Find specific
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When I was high school age, mother (bless her heart) drove me twice a week from New York to Connecticut to see a specialist in stuttering therapy. She later told me, before my first session this “expert” told her that SHE WAS THE CAUSE OF MY STUTTERING!! So here is more of a stutterer’s story:
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I know that many people who stutter have gone through intensive stuttering therapy already. Prolonged Speech or Fluency Shaping programs have been the traditional standard for adult and teenager residential or intensive stuttering treatments. I attended such a fluency shaping program myself many years ago. After I graduated from the Stutter-Free Speech Program developed by Dr.
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Are there real differences in anatomy and physiology between stutterers and nonstutterers? The answer is Yes. Research has compared the structure and function of the voice and brains of these two groups of people. Vocal Reaction Times were measured in both groups of stutterers They were presented with a signal light and instructed to just
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October 22 will be International Stuttering Awareness Day this year. Many people who stutter, therapists who work with stuttering and stuttering researchers use this day to pass along accurate information about stuttering and stuttering therapy. There are many myths about stuttering that are still believed by many people who stutter and parents of stutterers today.
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I was invited to the Widex Speech and Hearing Company to come to their Center in Hong Kong. They asked me as a stuttering specialist to provide stuttering training for about 100 Chinese Speech Therapists. They were part of the public school system in the city of Hong Kong. My full-day workshop trained these Chinese therapists
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Most people who stutter can tell you that their stuttering started somewhere during the pre-school age. I don’t actually remember that time, but my mother tells me that not only did I stutter – but I was teased a lot by the neighbor kid! In this post we are going to discuss how to Replace
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