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A Message To The Speech Therapists – I Told You I Could Overcome The Stutter

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There are various forms of stuttering treatment which range from traditional speech and language therapy to the more specialised stuttering courses. I have overcome a stutter and in this article I describe what it is like to be fluent for me.

I am now able to order food and drink for example, without fear of a stutter, speak on the telephone and am able to enjoy socialising. As you may well imagine life is far easier for me now that I have achieved total fluency – the freedom it provides is amazing. I appreciate my speech compared with the average fluent person, who does not realise how lucky they are. Some would even say that I talk too much, but this is something I will never apologise for, when I had a stammer I hardly spoke at all.

As a person with a stutter, I seemed to accept second best. I left school because of the stutter, dated girls which to be truthful, not only did I not feel attracted to, but did not particularly find interesting. My stuttering mind convinced me that I could do no better. I was unhappy where I worked, but just accepted it; I did not feel able to put myself through the interview process again.

I now run The Stop Stammering Centre where I run one-to-one stuttering help courses to help people to achieve fluency. As well as these courses I also offer a variety of self-help options including the ever popular seventy minute DVD, an audio book and an e-book. All of these self-help options include full descriptions of the techniques which I successfully used to overcome my own speech impediment.

I am more than happy to answer any questions that you may have therefore please feel free to contact me.

I look forward to helping you to overcome your speech impediment.

Stephen Hill from The How To Stop Stammering Centre

Advice For People Who Have A Stammer Problem

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Do you have a stutter or stammer? Are you looking into finding out about the latest treatments for stuttering and stammering? Do you dream that one day you will be able to achieve fluency? If you have answered one or more of these questions in the positive then this article may well be of benefit to you.

I fully understand what it is like to have this form of speech impediment as I myself had a stutter which affected my speech for eighteen years – between the ages of four and twenty-two. Just like, probably, all people who have to cope with life in this way I was more than eager to locate a solution. The problem however was the fact that the stuttering therapies and treatments that were available were some what poor.

Despite the negative attitudes of a number of the local speech and language therapists that I went to see (they tried to convince me that I would have to accept the stutter and that I would have it for my entire life) I personally believed that I could one day achieve my ultimate aim of total fluency. So where did this confidence come from? Well I was aware that when I was alone I would rarely, if at all, have any problem in speaking fluently. My philosophy was therefore that if I could speak fluently when I was on my own that I should in reality be able to speak fluently when with other people – I just had to work out what I was doing differently etc.

I am happy to report that I did, at the age of twenty-two, manage to achieve my goal of fluency.

My advice to people that have a stutter or stammer is:

1. Never give up
2. Do not listen to negative people and negative speech therapists when they try to tell you that you will always have this form of speech impediment
3. Think positive
4. Work very hard to overcome your stutter

Stuttering And Stammering Treatments

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Which therapies for stuttering are the most popular and beneficial? Is it possible to overcome a stammer/stutter? How long does it take to achieve fluency? Are there any courses for stuttering? Where can I find out more information about how to cure a stutter? These are questions that I am asked on a daily basis and ones which I will be answering in this article.

I am Steve Hill and I am a speech coach from the UK. I am a person who had a stutter for eighteen years before finally managing to achieve fluency at the age of 22. I am now thirty-five and for the last thirteen years I have been helping other people to achieve fluency at the How To Stop Stuttering Centre.

The main form of stuttering/stammering treatment that I offer comes in the form of a specialised speech course for stuttering. These courses are on a one-to-one basis, this is something which I believe is essential due to the fact that each and every person has a different type of speech impediment and should therefore be treated as an individual rather than “herded” into a group format. The courses are held in Birmingham, England and are held over a two, three or five day period.

The most popular form of therapy that I offer; however; happens to be the seventy minute stuttering cure DVD. This film includes a lot of information including those all important techniques that I used to eradicate my own stutter.

People are also able to buy an audio book and a stuttering therapy e-book.

Over the last few months I have introduced a couple of new stuttering cure therapy options; the first is fluency coaching over the telephone and the second is stuttering therapy via Skype. These are also starting to become quite popular.

The majority of the people who contact me; whether it be via e-mail, telephone or letter are from the United Kingdom however I do receive a lot of interest from the United States, India, Australia, Ireland, Pakistan, Norway and New Zealand. I have a blog at blog.stammering-stuttering.co.uk which has a map that shows people where the visitors to the site are located. This is something that is quite interesting to keep a track of from time to time.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.