Traditional speech therapy

I first attended speech therapy when I was five years of age and I was still attending at the age of fourteen. Some would call this slow progress, in reality I had not progressed at all. The speech therapists themselves do not believe that there is a cure for stammering and have not had a stutter. As soon as I realised these facts I knew that this type of treatment would never work for me. Stuttering is a very complex area and I believe that only a person who has had a stutter can really understand how it feels etc.

One-to-one speech courses

There are now people who have overcome a stammer/stutter and now teach other people how to achieve fluency by way of speech courses that are on a one-to-one basis.

The courses are typically over a three or five-day period.

Stuttering therapy dvd, audiobook and ebook

Being 2007 there are now many other options available such as a stammering therapy dvd, a stammering therapy audiobook and a stammering therapy ebook.

Things have improved some what since I was a child!

By: blueboy

The affects of stuttering

So what affect did having a stutter have on my life? I could answer this question with just one word – Huge.

Yes, the impact was massive. Not being able to read out aloud in class, order drinks at a bar, speak on the telephone, these are just three from of a large list of what many people see as simple tasks, that I just found so difficult to complete.

I hated being unable to converse fluently. My confidence became badly dented and I soon became tired of people laughing at me behind my back and at the way people would look at me; like I was some kind of freak.

I had developed the stutter when I was four years of age and by the age of fourteen I had become some what of a loner. Strangely enough I could talk perfectly fluently when speaking to myself.

Treatments for stuttering

For whatever reason, I found the traditional speech therapy to be a waste of time. The speech therapists had no real understanding as what I was going through or how the stutter made me feel, how could they, they had never had a stutter?

These days there are many different forms of stuttering therapy. These include hypnosis, a speech course and also self-help type therapies in the form of an audio book, a dvd or an e-book.

I am pleased to report that I finally overcame my own stutter thirteen years ago, at the age of twenty-two. I have not looked back since!

By: blueboy

Before people get too excited, and think that a magic pill has been developed to cure stuttering, let’s first make it clear that to overcome stuttering is no easy ride. Stuttering can destroy a persons self-confidence and can have a very deep physcological affect. Despite this, people who are willing to work very hard, practicing any techniques that they are taught, and who have a determination to achieve fluency, can attain their goal.

Therapies for stuttering

So what types of therapy are available for people who stutter? As previously mentioned there are what some people refer to as “stuttering cure courses”. These can be in a group basis or as most people prefer, on a one to one basis.

Now not every person who has a stutter has the confidence to attend a speech course and therefore may prefer to work from home in their attempt to overcome their stutter. There are now self-help audio books, a self-help dvd and also written booklets with full descriptions of each of the techniques that are taught on some of the above courses.

As you can see there are now a number of options that are available in the way of treatments for stuttering. Each person is different and therefore will decide which therapy, if any, is right for them.

By: blueboy