postr/StutterFebruary 18, 2016

Excercises that help reduce stuttering

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Excercises that help reduce stuttering For all of you guys that has tried speech therapy etc, can you post some of the excercises you did here? It would be great with a sticky thread with excercises shared between us here on this subreddit. Some examples i found online: http://home-cure.net/stammering-exercises-treatment-home-cures-stuttering/ Stammering Exercise #1 Loudly and clearly pronounce the vowels A, E, I, O and U. Be overly articulate and distort your face strongly, every time you utter the vowels. Open your jaws as wide as you can without exerting hard. While the jaws are still open, lift your tongue upwards to touch the roof of mouth with the tip of your tongue. While still in contact with the roof of your mouth, drag the tip of your tongue towards the back of your mouth. When your tongues get stretched to the maximum (without hurting), hold there for few seconds. Next pull out your tongue outside the mouth and stretch it downwards as if attempting to touch the chin. Hold in that position for few seconds. Repeat 4-5 times. Deep breathing exercise are very effective in curing speech disorders like stammering as they help to strengthen the respiratory organs and to relax neuromuscular tension that builds up in the body. Stammering can be controlled by learning to voluntarily control the rhythm of words by implementation of specific breathing patterns. There can be many variants of deep breathing exercises and one can choose any or all exercises which he/she is comfortable doing. Some of the variants are: a) Inhale deeply through mouth and exhale slowly, immediately after inhalation. b) Inhale deeply through mouth and push your tongue outside the mouth while exhaling. c) Inhale deeply through mouth, at the same time, press your chest muscles inward. Exhale slowly You can have your own variations of these deep breathing exercises, as long as they provide some respiratory motion, swelling of the abdomen and workout for chest and other speech organs. Do not overdo any exercise and bring variations, every one or two minutes.

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Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional

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Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & BreathingPositive Therapy Techniques