I am Stephen Hill from Birmingham in England. I started to
stammer at the age of four or five. My parents took me to a lot
of different types of speech therapy, some in groups, some on a
one to one basis. The kind of advice I was given to control my
stammer or to overcome my stammer were varied. These are some:
slowing down my breath costal breathing prolonged speech taking
a deep breath before I spoke
I had began in the class called, preschool stammer. This term is
labelled by the stammer speech therapist or the stammer speech
pathologist. My parents were reassured that most people who
stammer in childhood soon grow out of it. Well I was one of
those who didn't.
I then joined the class called, childhood stammer. I continued
to attend speech therapy and joining in with their speech
therapy activities and their speech therapy games.
I then progressed to the class called, adult stammer. I now
decided that speech therapy was not really working for me.
I decided to try my own form of stammer self help. Even though I
had a stammer, at times I could talk very well. As an example
when I was drunk, I spoke nearly perfectly fluent.
After nearly a year I managed to overcome my stammer and
eradicate the stammer once and for all. As a career I now help
other people how to stop stammering.
About the author:
Stephen Hill has a number of websites including:
stuttering
therapy
std symptom
epilepsy chart
