postr/Stutter_remissionFebruary 4, 2026

Does loud music or a quiet environment always increase or decrease stuttering? (in your own stutter experience)

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Does loud music or a quiet environment always increase or decrease stuttering? (in your own stutter experience) I think we can all agree that for some people loud music may increase their stuttering, while for others it decreases it. Same for a quiet environment. I can list 100s of other cues. But one example of a cue, as I stated, is loud music or a quiet environment. Some people stutter more in a quiet environment while others less, and more in a situation where they can hear loud music. And it's not just per person, the same person can sometimes switch so that the same cue that used to exercurbate stuttering suddenly results in improving their fluency instead. From a conditioning perspective this could be visualized as: a = first cue b = second cue If (a) increases stuttering because (b) has an unconscious thought pattern: "when speaking during loud music, it becomes harder to speak". If a + b is linked to speech plan execution, stuttering increases. If the same person's unconscious thought pattern changes into: (b) = "when speaking during loud music, people will pay less attention to my stuttering and judge me less". If a + New b is linked again to speech plan execution, fluency increases. Your thoughts? Of course, the first cue and second cue can be different per person because everyone has different experiences, beliefs and links the cue differently to their motor execution. But if it's true that conditioning is primary. the question becomes: How can we decondition this process to extinction? Anyway, what is your perspective?

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience

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Stress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social Judgment

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emotional_statepropositionality