StutterCast.com: Recent Episodes
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It’s easy to remember others waiting for me to speak, often rather impatiently. This is because it’s been happening for as long as I’ve stuttered. Although it’s rude and unfortunate, I understand the impatience; I’m often less than fluent and have a difficult time verbalizing my thoughts. Understanding the impatience doesn’t fully remove the effect [...]
Summary of Topics: A young stutterer becomes a Fluency Specialist and professor. Education on stuttering is important…but not a cure for stuttering. The role of therapy and counseling in the treatment of stuttering. Breathing exercises, drills and repetition, acceptance of a stutter. Psychological causes and effects of stuttering. How stuttering effects college students and graduates. Sheryl [...]
Summary of Topics: The inability to communicate effectively….or at all! Constant misunderstandings due to replaced words and convoluted speech. Stress and exhaustion from situations requiring constant communication. Self-consciousness, low self-esteem, and feelings of being handicapped or inadequate. Compensating self-consciousness and low self-esteem with feelings of aggression, anger, excessive criticism. Side effects and other “stuttering symptoms.” [...]
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