Are you somebody who has a stammer? My name is Stephen Hill and
I had a stammer problem which started when I was aged four.
After suffering with the speech impediment for eighteen years, I
then, afer a lot of hard work, managed to achieve fluency. This
article is about the types of speech therapy that are available
for stammering.
After my stammer developed, my parents decided that I needed to
attend some sort of speech therapy. I attended various types of
therapy, some in groups, some on a one to one basis. I was given
lots of different advice about how to stop stammering. These are
some of them:
slowing down the speed of my speech
costal breathing
prolonging each word or sound
taking a deep breath before I started speaking
I had started in the class which is sometimes referred to as
preschool stammering. I was very young to attend stammering
speech therapy and my parents were reassured that most people
who stammer in childhood soon grow out of it. Well for whatever
reason, I was one of those who continued well into my adult life.
I grew older and then joined the class known as childhood
stammering. I continued to attend speech therapy and joining in
with their speech therapy activities and their speech therapy
games. This had little effect on my fluency and it has to be
stated, that I really did not want to attend these anti
stammering sessions. This was because I felt that the people who
were trying to help me, did not really understand what I was
going through, as they had never actually had a stammer
themselves.
I then progressed to the class called, adult stammering. I now
decided that speech therapy was not really working for me and
seeked alternative stammering therapy.
I decided to try my own form of stammering self help. Even
though I had a stammer, at times I could talk very well. As an
example when I was drunk, I spoke superbly. This was possibly
because of the additional confidence the alcohol seemed to give
me.
After nearly a year I managed to overcome stammering and
eradicate the stammer once and for all. As a career I now help
other people to stop stammering.
About the author:
Stephen Hill has a number of websites including:
stammering
stuttering treatment
quit smoking
hair loss problem
