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commentr/StutterDec 21, 2012
3 points

Speech therapist and person who stutters here..... Naturalness sounds anything but natural lol. What you are explaining sound like a combination of a few different strategies taught in legitimate s...

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commentr/StutterDec 21, 2012
2 points

Sounds like the [Camperdown](http://sydney.edu.au/health-sciences/asrc/clinic/adolescents/camperdown.shtml) program developed in Australia. From what I understand, there are positive [outcomes](http:/...

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commentr/StutterDec 21, 2012
5 points

I was also taught this method from various speech therapists and whatnot. It really does help, but like you said, needs some practice. ...

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postr/StutterDec 21, 2012
29 points

Dear stutterers of reddit. Here is a technique that is relatively easy and has worked for me.

Dear stutterers of reddit. Here is a technique that is relatively easy and has worked for me. Dear stutterers I have had a mild stutter since I learned to talk, I'm 21 now. The best way I have e...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2012
2 points

One technique for blocks which I came to know is to speak every sentence when you have inhaled fully. It's like saying the whole sentence as you exhale out the air. Blocks are usually caused by shortn...

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commentr/StutterNov 27, 2012
5 points

Something I have found that helps me is to purposefully introduce small stutters into your speech. It tricks the brain into feeling like you have control because you're doing the stutter on purpose. I...

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postr/StutterNov 15, 2012
1 points

Possible Phone Hack: Record certain words that you have problems with and play them back?

Possible Phone Hack: Record certain words that you have problems with and play them back? I know exactly which words/letters I have problems with and they often occur at the beginning of a phone call ...

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2012
2 points

The McGuire programme, you can buy the book written by Dave McGuire with the title "Beyond Stammering" It says you should treat your speech as a sport. You get the book for free at the course. But r...

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commentr/StutterOct 23, 2012
2 points

Oh you wanted to know about the programme, right so. It is a 4 day intense course (up to 18 hours for a day) with heavy focus on breathing with your costal diaphram (aka yor chest, not belly) The fi...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2012
1 points

Sorry for the late reply! My stutter is relatively mild compared to a lot of people, but the most I do is go to speech therapy once every couple of years (I live in the UK where it's provided free), a...

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postr/StutterOct 16, 2012
1 points

Has anybody here tried DAF (delayed audio feedback)?

Has anybody here tried DAF (delayed audio feedback)? I've been stuttering my whole life, I just tried delayed audio feedback and I talked completely normal and fluent. You can probably try these onl...

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commentr/StutterOct 15, 2012
2 points

Positioning the mouth to produce the /m/ sound after the /s/ sound like in the word smoked is actually quite a difficult feet. More difficult than moving from /s/ to /i/ (ee) liek in Sierra Turkey. ...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2012
2 points

My stutter is different, its an all time stutter. But you might benefit from fluency shaping speech therapy. They really focus on how to shape your mouth to allow for certain sounds so that might be b...

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commentr/StutterOct 1, 2012
1 points

I have received speech therapy in the past for about 4 months (total). I am not currently in speech therapy, but I'm very active about when I had speech problems. During any block I would ease out of ...

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postr/StutterAug 29, 2012
1 points

Hey, I just want to let you know something incredibly important and useful which I myself (a mild stutterer) came up with =]

Hey, I just want to let you know something incredibly important and useful which I myself (a mild stutterer) came up with =] In this I'm digging right to the core about the way us humans learn to tack...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2012
1 points

is it the same,when you speak to animals(dog,cat etc) and children? when you are singing, you change into a different frequency-area and you are "distracted" by the rhythm, you have to follow. so your...

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commentr/StutterAug 16, 2012
1 points

I don't think so. I've been able to replicate the fluency of singing even when just speaking in time with a metronome. However, it's a very distracting way of speaking in a normal conversation. ...

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commentr/StutterJul 16, 2012
2 points

Man, I'm the exact opposite. I sometimes go through a sentence and stutter on each word, and it's a really aggressive, physical-tic type of stutter as well. =/ Have you tried doing an intentional lig...

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commentr/StutterJun 5, 2012
1 points

If you want to test this yourself, try taking the deepest breath you can, then feel your throat. It will be tight, constricted. Many stutterers attempt to speak like this, thinking lungs full of air w...

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commentr/StutterJun 5, 2012
1 points

We have spent all day training our diaphragms. True story - when you get a "block" at the top of your sentence it is often because of bad breathing techniques you unconsciously have been using all you...

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