How Do You Stop Stuttering?

Question

How do you better your speech?

Answer 1

Mel Tillis, a VERY famous singer from the 1960's and 1970's had a horrible stutter.

His doctor told him when he was young to take up singing.  He hardly stutters at all anymore, and the remedy was singing.

so, I say to you:    Sing!

Answer 2

Different things work for different people who stutter.  You'll get some great tips from Self Therapy for the Stutterer by Malcolm Fraser.  Check your public library; mine has it.

Answer 3

over-annunciate your words and say them slowly and clearly, persist doing this for a few months until your stutter starts to go away...

it helps to read alot too, just read outloud and say the words clearly, and announce each word slowly, as if you were trying to sound it out to a child, so that you can hear how the word is said and then soon enough you will be speaking with no stutters =)

good luck

Answer 4

It helps to take a small breath before each word. Concentrate on only what you want to convey. But...if your stuttering is truly causing you grief, contact your family doctor for a referal for a speech therapist who can help you conquer the problem, or at least control it.

Answer 5

If you are stuttering, see a speech therapist.

Answer 6

Try these resources:

www.stutteringhelp.org  there are videos online that show speech therapists working with stutterers; watch them and learn some techniques.

http://stutteringselfhelp-stutteringself...

http://stutteringhelp-bud.blogspot.com/

http://notesonstuttering.blogspot.com/

Meet others who stutter here http://groups.myspace.com/stutteringfoun...

http://www.stutteringforum.com/forums/

stutteringchat on Yahoo groups

Contact The Stuttering Foundation of America as that is where our family got help. Their book "Self Therapy for the Stutterer" worked wonders after working through it step by step.  Part of the book can be found here http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.as...

One thing especially nice about the Foundation's books and videos are that they are available free at most public libraries or for a very low cost if you prefer your own copy. You don't have to pay a cent for the downloads. That's because the man who started it was a stutterer and really wanted to help others in the same situation.

Answer 7

There is a device that can be worn or even implanted in the ear--not to be confused with a cochlear implant for deafness.  The device repeats what was just heard, including what you say.  Stuttering oddly enough has to do with a delay in reception in the brain--all of us constantly adjust our speech to the speed of our own voice, and in stutterers this reception is only a fraction of a second off.  By hearing your own voice repeated a fraction of a second after the fact the delay is corrected.  The implant eliminates stuttering almost immediately and the echo is unnoticeable after a short adjustment period.  Speech therapy is obsolete.

Answer 8

I know there's been some research with people not stuttering when they sing - so I think you can start training your brain by singing conversation by yourself - then - doing something successfully without stuttering might remove some of the stress that worsens stuttering.  Also - you could try adapting this to maybe just trying to speak with lots of expression and animation to make it seem kind of musical when you talk.

Answer 9

People that have a problem speaking should try “slowing down” while they are having a conversation because talking too fast occasionally makes people stutter. Sometimes people “think” or come up with ideas much faster than they can talk. This normally happens when people are excited or overwhelmed about something.

They can also try enunciating their words. Enunciation makes people more aware of how they are talking.

If they want others to hear them clearly, they should try speaking louder. That way more people will understand what they’re saying.

On rare occasions (unless a person is giving an oral report in front of a crowd), stuttering is caused when people are nervous. If a person is anxious talking to someone else, they should just take a deep breath, recollect themselves, and attempt to speak with confidence.

The most important tip I can give you is that people should think about what they’re going to say before they open their mouth and speak. After they thought about what they're going to say, they should repeat "out loud" exactly what they said in their mind. It’s one of the quickest ways to improve speech. Sometimes stuttering happens when people run out of things to say in a conversation or lose their thought. If person already knows what they’re going to say, they are less likely to stutter.

Sorry, I really don’t know how to “stop stuttering,” but I know practicing and repeating these steps will improve a person’s speech.