Treatments for Studdering, Cluttering, Stammering and Stuttering
Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008
by Steve Hill
Stuttering therapy
I am unable to cope with life mum, this stutter is getting me down, surely there must be someone or some form of treatment for stuttering that can help me. Will you ask around mum, see if you can possibly find me the solution that I am looking for? This is a conversation and question that I clearly remember asking my mother when I was around fourteen years of age. Yes the stutter that I had somehow developed when I was just four years of age was totally dictating and ruining my life. I am now thirty-four and am fortunate to have discovered the solution; I am now enjoying life as a fluent person.
At the time of having the above conversation I was struggling big time at school. I found it very difficult to read a passage out aloud from a book at school, was being teased and bullied about my affliction. As a typical teenager I longed to be liked, to be accepted. Instead it seemed like I was an easy target and was a source of fun to a great many people.
I was started to have feeling towards girls, my hormones were going crazy but what girl would want me, a person who is unable to talk in a fluent manner and a person who has a distinct lack of confidence? Not many was the answer that I came up with.
I feared for the future. How would I be able to gain employment if I was unable to speak clearly and without stuttering during the interview process?
My mother, unfortunately, was unable to find a solution however at the age of twenty-two I was finally able to eradicate the stutter from my life once and for all.
Steve Hill is a speech coach from the UK ; he has a number of websites including:
http://www.stammering-stuttering.co.uk
http://www.stutter-stuttering.com
http://www.stutter-cure.com
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)hi steve, my partner stuttered as a child, and i have listened to his heart wrenching stories of the repercussions of such. he, too, somehow got over it, on his own, but damage lingers forever. thanks for a well written article, best regards, sue thom
It's great Steve that you have overcome this difficulty and that you are now sharing the aid that helped you. Life without communication is indeed difficult. There are many forms it takes, not just speech impediments, but things too like hearing loss, being a foreigner in a strange land. I knew someone with a stutter at college, he was a great guy. Sometimes good things come out of these things that re sent to try us!
Yes a good speech coach can change ones life and it is something all parents need to listen for and have evaluated by a caring professional.
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