I am one of many people who are unfortunate enough to develop a speech impediment in childhood. This article describes why these impediments may occur and how I went about achieving fluency. For the purpose of this article, I concentrate on the speech impediment known as stuttering.
There are many reasons why people may develop a stutter, it can be as a result of bullying from school, an over aggressive member of the family, a shock reaction to an event such as a car crash, or it could be passed down from another member of the family who has a stutter.
I have met many people who stutter as I now help people to achieve fluency as a career. I always ask them to talk about how and why their stutter started. The reasons above are the type of answers I receive.
Stuttering normally originates in childhood and nine out of ten people who stutter are men. Around 1% of the population has a stutter according to recent reports.
I have now managed to beat my stutter which had basically ruined my life for eighteen years. When I had a stutter, I found it difficult to say certain words beginning with certain letters. I would always avoid these words or I would think of an alternative word to say.
Aged twenty-two I decided it was time to try to overcome my communication problems. I started to observe what I called very good fluent talkers, I was watching and trying to work out how they were talking and breathing. I also tried to find differences between their speech and my own. I also started to read books about things like, positive thinking and mind over matter as I also realised I needed to change the way I was thinking.
After nearly a year of working and practicing very hard, I managed to overcome my stutter, much to my relief. As a career I now help other people to achieve fluency by running one to one speech courses from my home in Birmingham. A also offer a self help ebook and seventy minute dvd for people who are unable to attend the courses.
But as this list proves (and there are other famous stutterers too), a speech impediment isn’t an impediment to success.
Less stress can sometimes effect stuttering, especially in young children who have just started stuttering.
I wrote her back and told her I thought it would be super fun, but gave her a heads up about the stuttering. I’ll let you know what comes of it.
You w–" He was stuttering and wonder of wonders! He smiled, a little tilt of one side of his lips, but a smile nonetheless. "You would?" Gael was all smiles now, shock and trauma forgotten. "Yes-" "And my fef work here is done!
We will talk about stuttering and how it affects our daily lives. Send email to Stuttering Steve at stutteringstevegmail.com or derekthestutterergmail.com.
About The Author
Stephen Hill has a number of websites including:
http://www.stammering-stuttering.co.uk
http://blog.stammering-stuttering.co.uk/blog
http://www.stammering-therapy.com
info@stammering-stuttering.co.uk
This article was posted on March 05, 2006
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