Many people have problems with their communication and in this
article I am going to describe ways in which to overcome these
speech difficulties.
My name is Stephen Hill and I am from Birmingham in England.
From the age of four I had the speech impediment known as a
stutter. I attended many different types of speech therapy, some
in groups, some on a one to one basis. The kind of advice I was
given to control the stutter or to overcome the stutter were
varied. These are some:
slowing down my breath
costal breathing
prolonged speech
taking a deep breath before I spoke
Preschool stuttering
I had began in the class called, stuttering in preschool. At
this age my parents were advised that it was probably just a
phase and that I was likely to grow out of it (the stutter).
They were relieved about this but for whatever reason it did not
go away and was to ruin my life for the next eighteen years.
Childhood stuttering
I then joined the class called, stuttering in childhood. I
continued to attend speech therapy and was trying to take on
board what they were telling me. In reality I did not want to be
there and for some reason I felt ashamed and would often wonder
why I had a stutter when no one else seemed to.
Adult stuttering
I then progressed to the class called, stuttering in adults. I
now decided that speech therapy was not really working for me. I
possibly had always had the wrong attitude to speech therapy. It
was hard to convince me that these people could help as I knew
they had never even had a stutter, therefore I thought that it
was impossible for them to fully understand what I was going
through.
I then decided to try my own form of self help for stuttering.
Even though I had a stutter, at times I could talk very well. As
an example when I was drunk, I spoke nearly perfectly fluent. My
all round confidence would increase and suddenly I did not care
or worry so much about my speech or anything in fact.
After nearly a year I managed to stop stuttering once and for
all. As a career I now help other people how to achieve fluency.
About the author:
Stephen Hill runs a speech centre in Birmingham, England. He has
a number of websites including:
stuttering
therapy
stuttering help
stuttering treatment
