Therapies For Stuttering And
Stammering
I am somebody who was unfortunate to develop a
stutter, or what some people call a stammer at the age of four,
I continued to have speech difficulties until the age of
twenty-two. These eighteen years were a complete nightmare and
were without doubt the worst years of my life.
Many aspects of life were made so much harder due to the fact
that I had this speech impediment, for example I found it very
hard to order food and drinks at a bar, I would struggle to
answer the phone and with making phone calls and I certainly
would have not even considered ever giving a public speech.
Throughout this troublesome eighteen year period I attended the
traditional forms of speech therapy without any real success.
These so called speech therapy specialists are nice enough
people however they openly admit that they do not know how to
cure a stutter. At least they are being honest I suppose.
Fortunately these days (2008) there are numerous treatment
options for people who have a stammer or stutter. There are
specialist stuttering therapy coaches, such as Steve Hill who
runs the How to Stop Stuttering Centre in the UK . Steve runs
intensive one-to-one speech courses which are over either a
three or five-day period.
These courses are extremely popular and there is normally a
waiting time of four months before a person can expect to
attend one of he courses. Steve offers continued support after
the course where he helps people with additional advice for as
long as is required.
A one-to-one course is not suitable for everyone of course and
for those people who are unable to attend a speech course there
are also a number of self-help options. These include audio
books, DVD'S and e-books.
The stuttering
therapies do of course require hard work and determination
if the person is to be able to gain total fluency, however for
any person who has had to live life with a stutter, this is
more than acceptable.
There is no longer any need to have to live with the constant
fear of stuttering. Why accept second best when the opportunity
to achieve fluency is out there?
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