is it true?

Question

i heard that if you tickle or make a child laugh alot from since he/she was born they start stuttering as they get older??....if a childs stuttering is genetic can he/she better their speech?..if so how can i start doing that myself?

Answer 1

I have never heard that tickling a child will lead to stuttering. But a lot of the people I've known with speach problems or who have worked with people with speach difficulties say that thinking about what you are going to say before saying it helps. We have a habit of talking too fast which helps our tongues get tied and causes us to stutter. Practicing common phrases and words also helps.

Answer 2

I think the 'tickling' is one of those old myths that seem to hand around forever.

Speech therapy, practice. even breathing exercises can help reduce stuttering. For help, ask your doctor about speech therapists, or perhaps even check in to working with a 'voice' coach. (Voice coaches most often are known for helping singers reach their potential, and for teaching different dialects to actors). James Earl Jones, (Voice of Darth Vader, among a long and successful acting career) if I remember correctly, had a speech problem as a child....Country singer Mel Tillis, is also one who stutters, but you can't tell that from the way he sings!

So, don't feel self-concious about stuttering, or let it stop you from doing what you want to do... there is ample evidence that others that have had the same problem have become quite successful.

:) Have Fun!

Answer 3

Well I'm not a speech therapist or anything, but this girl I know had stuttering issues and she decided to be brave and join a cheer squad. The yelling and cheering for some reason had a positive effect on her speech and now she doesn't stutter half as much. I'm not exactly sure how that happened physiologically speaking but it was just out of observation.

Answer 4

Speech therapy is the best way to fix a stutter. One way to improve a stutter is to practice substituting a different word for one you are beginning to stutter. This somehow usually comes out as a whole word, the trick is to know lots of synonyms.

Answer 5

There are several reason why a person stutters.
Speech therapy is a good place to start.

Lots of people stutter because they think and want to speak faster than their mouth can move.

I used to stutter but thanks to speech therapy and learning to think and take my time I no longer stutter or have any speech problems.

The laughing thing can not be true that makes no sense at all.

Answer 6

no such thing dearie,, some people are just born with the problem,,,, i have known a person who stuttered really bad but over came it completely by taking singing lessons!! she always wanted to sing but was afraid to,, a teacher got her into classes and she sang great but still stuttered when talking,,, the singing gave her more confidence and control of her voice and she soon stopped stuttering altogether!!

Answer 7

No, this is not true. Stuttering occurs when the brain is working faster than the mouth can keep up. But don't do this to your child either, its not nice.

Answer 8

Speech improvement takes guidance and lots of practice. When my son was in elementary school he went twoce a week to get help with his speech. It's not something you can do yourself, cause you say it and you're hearing it and it isn't right, you won't catch it. As for that tickling thing, bull honking hockey! Old wives tales are dangerous.

Answer 9

it is physically impossible to make a child stutter by tickling them!

Answer 10

It seems to me that your parents are trying to make you feel better about your stigma. There are speech classes you could take to at least help out.