How to Get Rid of Stammering

Stammering is a condition in which individuals frequently talk with involuntary long pauses due to freezing up. The speech disorder is especially common in small children (between two and five years of age), and in the majority of cases, goes away naturally with age. However, many people also experience stammering well into adulthood. Learn how to take control of your speech by reducing and eliminating stammering.

Instructions

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  Speak with caution. Abstain from talking until you are completely aware of all of the words you intend to use. Think before you speak. The quicker you try to talk, the less control you will have over what comes out of your mouth. Opt for being quiet and slow to respond rather than stammering.

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  Talk gently. Speak with a slow and gentle cadence. Concentrate on the slow motion of both your tongue and your lips. Never rush when talking. Remember, it is not a contest, and your main goal is to speak in a clear and understandable manner.

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  Picture your words. Take a second to put together a mental picture of the sentence you wish to say. Envision all of the words that compose the sentence, as well as all of the individual letters. Focus on all of the letters one at a time instead of tackling the word all at once. Sound out every letter from the first to the last.

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  Warm up your voice. Before you plan to go into a situation where you need to speak to a lot of people, be proactive instead of nervous. Take warm-up vocal exercises. For example, repeat the sounds of your extended vowels slowly for roughly a minute. Examples of long vowel sounds include vowels situated at a syllable's end and the presence of silent Es. Repeat words such as "prevent" and "whole" over and over. Concentrate on listening to how you sound, and chances are your speaking style will seem more comfortable, smooth and fluid.

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  Engage in volume extremes. When attempting to eliminate stammering, either whisper softly or talk in a very loud way. Both of these styles can make stammering not as apparent as normal speech.

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  Visit a doctor. If you have a particularly serious case of stammering, speak with a doctor about your solutions. Contact a doctor about the possible use of electronic devices that utilize delayed auditory feedback to force slower speech. If a person using this device attempts to speak rapidly, the tool will cause words to come across as distorted. Another option is speech therapy known as controlled fluency. This therapy focuses heavily on self-monitoring when stammering. These techniques can also be used to treat stuttering, which is a similar speech condition that involves excessive repetition of sounds and words.

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  Utilize music therapy to eliminate stammering. Music therapy can be beneficial for speech fluency in stammerers. Some stammering is caused by stress and anxiety, and music has the capability to relax and calm people down. Tomatis Listening Therapy uses classical music to heal a variety of conditions, from stammering to autism.