WHY do some people STUTTER more during loud sound (like in a bar, café), while others stutter less during loud sound? In your own words
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WHY do some people STUTTER more during loud sound (like in a bar, café), while others stutter less during loud sound? In your own words https://preview.redd.it/z4t087ugghmf1.jpg?width=759&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5503e4153c0139c35242e9a7a2de60c714093a78 In my opinion: One stimulus (or cue or signal) could be "*loudness of sound*". If my subconscious has a narrative like "*I must speak more perfectly during loud sounds, and try harder, and it's harder to speak*" or something (it can be any reason). Then my subconscious might TREAT the stimulus (**loud sound**) as a need to regulate speech execution excessively (too much) And often (mostly) stutterers are not even aware of how their subconscious interprets such stimuli prior to stuttering blocks. Whereas, if their subconscious mind would view it as: *"If I speak while there is loud music, then people will notice my stuttering (and my mistakes) less.. or people don't pay attention to my stutter during loud noise.*" or any other reason. The reason doesn't matter, but the point is, if the VIEWPOINT of the stimulus leads our subconscious to loosen the regulation (or management) of speech execution, (i.e, loosen the protection mechanism, loosening the limitations that our subconscious imposes to express communication). Then we might stutter LESS. So again, it's not the STIMULUS (such as "loud sound" or "speaking in another language" ) itself that results more or less fluency. In programming language, a stimulus is like a variable. Var = stimulus (mastering of language) But A STIMULUS it's not a function or program. FUNCTION = NEEDS to increase confidence to speak a secondary language (or NEEDS to decrease loud sound) + subconscious evaluates enough level of mastering the language. Results in: loosening the threshold to regulate speech execution = more fluency Or something like that.. it's basically just a concept how CONDITIONING works, and this example is just to show the basic concept how it could be happening. Your thoughts? Lastly. Some SLPs might state: "*If you don't feel fear, then it's random, unpredictable and neurological*". When in actuality they are overlooking this basic concept. For example, if our subconscious relies on "*I need more mastering of language to loosen the regulation of speech execution*". (yes) it's ultimately linked to a fear (fear of social rejection or fear of judgements). But it's not a kind of fear that stutterers would notice. SLPs might completely overlook this concept and they only focus on the FEAR that we are consciously AWARE of (rather than the subtle fear from needing more confidence in mastering a language).