postr/StutterJanuary 14, 2020

They way you breath affects speech

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They way you breath affects speech Hello everyone! Something interesting happened to me today that I would like to share with all of you and maybe you can implement this into your daily life. I am in band and one of the things we learn is to imagine your airflow when you play as a circle. When you breath it releases easily and then you start the next breath, there is no pause. I applied this to my stutter and it worked fairly well. I can anticipate when I am about to stutter so I just stop, breath in and say the word or phrase on the down breath. Most of the time I will anticipate it and I will lock up my breath and try and force the sound out. Hopefully this helps some of you out

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing

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