Stuttering therapy Puns

Hi everyone, my name is Jaclyn Lucey and I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist and a PhD student at the University of South Florida. For my dissertation, I want to hear from adults who stutter about their speech therapy experiences and their attitudes towards speech therapy for stuttering. Overall, my goal is that by learning more about people's experiences, we can identify aspects of speech therapy that can be modified and enhanced to be more helpful and satisfactory.

If you're interested, the online survey should take approximately 20-30 minutes, and you're welcome to send me an email if you'd like to participate in an interview as well. Here's the link: https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bQ2uSIW6Ur58ZpP Thanks for your time!

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I was wondering if the red light therapy would work for stuttering. I see that in stuttering there is reduced blood flow to the brocas area which is in the frontal cortex. I have one of the small security lights one of the admins i think recommended to me so I was wondering if I gave that to someone and they tried it could it possibly work?

Any suggestions please

Hey everyone! I recently got about 3-4 new kids on my caseload (ages 5-14) with dysfluency. I hardly ever treat dysfluency and I’m out of the loop on EBP. I ordered SLP Stephen’s packet of info bc I’ve heard he’s got some really good stuff, but I would really appreciate any other suggestions regarding goals, strategies, techniques, etc. Thanks!

what do you propose me to do as after you?

Has anyone here been on Steroids or Testosterone therapy? Have you experienced your stuttering getting worse as a result of higher Testosterone levels?

I read a scientific article that testosterone affects the language part of the brain negatively.

I am switching over to teletherapy for this client. He's very hyperactive (sees OT too) so could be a challenge to get him to attend for an hr session. The most effective strategy we use is having him use finger tapping to pace himself when answering questions, telling stories, etc. We've also practiced lots of tactile cues for stretching initial sounds out (i.e., stretchy tubes), and gone over the speech mechanism with diagrams, etc. I've attempted to go over the psychosocial aspects of stuttering with him but it really just goes over his head and he's not bothered by his stuttering at all (which is a good thing). He's gotten pretty good at identifying types of stuttering, practicing moments of stuttering (to increase tolerance/awareness), and identifying mements of stuttering in his own speech. I still find him to be one of my more difficult clients. Any suggestions of activities for the hour are appreciated.

I've been a nearly lifelong stutterer, largely stemming from nerves. Any recommendations for therapy/therapists? Thanks in advance.

1. My stuttering is comprised entirely of blocks. None of the syllable-repeating behavior that is typically associated with stutterers. (Can it even be considered stuttering if you don't repeat syllables? In any case, it's definitely some kind of speech impediment.)

2. The blocks, for whatever reason, seem to happen mostly on vowel sounds, especially "O", "I", and "A". I'm fairly adept at using this knowledge to work around my stuttering at times. Sometimes I'm able to anticipate a block 20 seconds before it happens. Eg. the other day I was approaching the receptionist and was about to tell her "I'm here to see Jack," but I sensed the block approaching on the very first word "I'm", so I just switched it up to "Hi. Seeing Jack," which came out smoothly.

One bandaid I've learned from analyzing my stutter over time is that on days when I'm feeling particularly susceptible to blocks, that I should avoid the word "I" as much as possible, and substitute out phrases like "and then" for "so then" - lots of little tricks like that to get around my strange allergy to vowels.

My son (4) has a stutter but it's not debilitating. We've had him evaluated for speech and we were told that he's fine and it'll fade on it's own. That was over a year ago and it hasn't changed at all. It's strongest when he's tired or stressed. It doesn't seem to bother him right now and he's not teased or harassed about it by family or friends/classmates. (I like the way he will choose a different word if he can't get his original word out; his vocabulary is pretty extensive because of this, I think.) Anyway, I often hear anecdotally that speech therapy doesn't really work for a stutter. I don't want to do more harm than good, so my questions are these:

1. Should I get him into speech therapy or leave him alone?
2. If we go the therapy route, should I expect them to teach him coping skills or will they actually attempt to "fix" him? I love my kid (and he loves himself) as he is - everyone else seems to, as well. I don't want to create a problem for him or mess with his self confidence by telling him there's a problem if there's none.

Hello everyone!

We are students working on an app to help young people understand and get comfortable with stuttering. It, in its final form, is intended to be used alongside therapy.

If you are or know someone within the app's target audience (people who stutter of ages 7 to 17) or are very interested in giving us some feedback on our current in-app exercises, please participate in our test.

Test procedure:

1. Download our Android app from Google Drive with the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11-3UAKS0cMb-fi4MPmT3CnBf4RFJVi2V/view?usp=sharing
2. Test the app. In particular we are looking for you to try the first exercise of the app's 3rd "chapter" and the exercises of the 5th "chapter".
3. Please leave us feedback after your test, by filling in our form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfILeG6kgM3lYF3jSyObmMVNtS_jYScz5KyAGVAD07aHI4c0w/viewform?usp=sf_link

Side note:

The app is planned to first launch with an English and a Dutch version. In this early version of the app there is a "bypass login" button for developers. If you click it you will get the Dutch version of it. To access the English version you need to go through the registration mechanism.

The app is in development and every aspect of it is potentially still subject to change. It does not represent the quality, appearance or content of the definitive product.

Ssstutterfly app logo (in development)

I’m a person who stutters and also a speech therapist. I’m thinking about putting together a website with resources for people who stutter.

For those of you who look online for help with stuttering, what do you look for? Guides to different therapy techniques? Video demonstrations of techniques? Research to show how effective different treatments are?

Am keen to know what people are most interested in, so let me know. Thanks

I've been researching this guy named William Parry who does this valsava stuttering therapy which seems super legit.

He's part of the national stuttering association...

Anyone tried it?

I'm a college student with a stutter, and I'm looking for an affordable speech therapist, but most speech therapy in Ottawa seem to targeted towards children. Anyone know any for adults (preferably around central Ottawa)?

I'm studying for SLP right now and applying for MA programs. I'm also a person who stutters and am interested in earning my Ph.D. to research adolescents who stutter - specifically self-stigma. I know of several programs for PWS (I went through PSFP as a teen - ask me about it if you're curious), but I don't know of any which specifically focus on teens. I would like to volunteer at one if possible, but I can't seem to find any. Recommendations?

I think it would have worked even better if I had speech therapist counseling coupled with the ketamine therapy that I took for other reasons. But I noticed a side effect of my Tourette's was quieting down significantly. Also, some of my minor OCD compulsions also were able to be controlled, but eventually came back.

I have read that Tourette's is similar to stuttering in terms of the brain regions affected.

I wanted to know if anyone in this community has tried ketamine and seen any type of change.