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Hi, I went on the programme at the end of August this year in London and I guarantee it works although it does require loads of discipline especially after the course is done. For example the techniqu...
I know this is only a mask technique but you can start with another word like I'm Andrew or try introducing yourself first before the other person has the chance to ask you! It works for me! ...
Stuttering and playing an instrument
Stuttering and playing an instrument Apologies if this is too loosely related to the topic of stuttering. It is completely related from my point of view and I think it will prove to be an instrumenta...
Thanks man. You assured my hope that practice will make it easier. In school I held presentations all the time (usually short, 5-10min) and I had no problem with that. In college I never had to hold a...
As a stutterer I really respect that you didn't you didn't let it hold you back from doing what you want to do. Have you ever done any formal speech therapy? Or have you gotten this far on your own ...
I have worked with a LOT of consultants where presentations and client conversations are part of life, here is what I've gleaned... 1. Practicing. Nearly everyone reports that they feel more comforta...
Funny you say that, i am just doing my speech practice for the night. I am just about to head to bed as i have work early tmrw morning. Ill try and remember to let you know some things tommorow, but i...
Hey again, I really can use some advice. It looks like I have a presentation at school at the end of the month and i'm really dreading it. Any tips you learned from speech therapy that I may be abl...
I walk around on the phone as well. If I'm having a hard time, sometimes I'll try to pace my speech with my walk. I feel that it helps me slow down. When I'm at the office I often try and avoid usin...
I had speech therapy in high school, and some during school before that. But not since. What she taught me in high school was pretty basic, but it's helped a lot -- your breath is like a full balloon...
Its really good to hear that you are facing your stuttering and arnt letting it control your life!. As for toast masters i've never done it myself but thhe institute talks about it a lot. There is act...
I do what is called shaping practice in the morning which is speaking from a extremely slow rate to normal over the period of 20 minutes. I do this as soon as i wake up and do it while i get ready for...
Well it defiantly improved dramatically. My stutter was never horrible but i had a lot of problems with blocks and i had some pretty bad days. Since the program my speech has gotten significantly bett...
I took the program a year ago, and it's worked out really well. It takes a lot of commitment and work but it really is worth it. You just have to keep up with the practice....
Thinking that you've already said the word you intend to say, it works for me sometimes, something I've been experimenting lately
Thinking that you've already said the word you intend to say, it works for me sometimes, something I've been experimenting lately For example I need to say the word "tomorrow", a word I would occasion...
Unfortunately, brief conversations, especially ones involving lots of time pressure, are really tricky to address. Those sorts of situations are certainly the ones I dislike the most. While it might ...
I have noticed that if I take a big breath before I speak my stuttering is lessened. ...
many stutterers have "tricks" like that. but... many stutterers have tricks that turn into part of their stuttering too. so... the scientific thing - and this is where our local speech therapists coul...
He might be talking about "Easy onset", which is a term I come across frequently in literature about stuttering. [This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5omIWib40) is a good example....
it's when you make a sound before the problem element. dunno what it's called. we have some speech therapists in here, maybe they can help us with the terminology. but it's just to make a sort of "ro...