is there any exercise for stutter?

Question

i stutter when i get nervoused.. but not always..
sometime speaking with unknown or in sometimes even speaking with my parents..how do i get rid of this problem..
please please suggest me to overcome this problem..

Answer 1

I few years ago i really use to stutter terribly. It was really embarrassing and i use to avoid conversation. I would stutter mainly when i was cold, anxious, or nervous. The how-to-get-rid-of books didnt help me. I just started to speak slow taking every word one by one. People thought i was kind of slow mentally at first but it helped me. I can talk fluently now. I guess you can say that i helped myself. I still stutter sometime but not like i use to. I still have problems with certain words like rubber band, sixty one two three four....., some words beginning with P, words that have the same letter in the beginning like more mary, please put, my mother, velvet vest and more. I have also noticed that i stutter when i have high blood pressure or have eaten alot of sweets. I dont know what's up with that but i have learned to control it. I am not that old either. I just learned to control my stutter about three years ago to where i feel comfortable talking in front of people and not feeling scared. Do some inner self searching and discover why you are stuttering. I found out that my mind spoke faster than my tongue and still i talk really fast sometimes. I always talked fast as a kid and i guess it caught up with me. I just speak slow and it has really helped alot. I'm not afraid anymore and i can speak fluent sentences without repeating words. There is no cure for stuttering but you can reduce it drastically.

Answer 2

I agree with the singing suggestions but want to add a tidbit.
My twin brother stuttered heavily.
It seemed that when he was in the outside world that his mouth could not keep up with his mind.
Most think its the other way around. They think the mind cannot keep up with the mouth. Stutterers are not stupid. There is a big difference between the two concepts of mind over mouth or mouth over mind.
Stutterers are quick thinkers, and deep thinkers, and trying to get an idea over as quickly as it comes to mind is frustrating for them.
When my twin and I spoke with each other, just throughout the day, he didn't stutter.When we knew he was feeling like talking about an issue, we practiced his ideas and words monotonously.
By the time he wanted to relay his idea, he didn't stutter.
I don't know if it was our twin-speak, or if it was that he knew I was not going to interrupt until his thought was completely expressed or if he knew that i was just listening.
All of the above may be combined in the singing concept.
When you are singing, people expect to hear you, they wait and take in the next group of words you have to say.
When singing, you already have the idea processed, and you already know the words you are going to use to express the thought.
And you know that you, and the listeners as well ,both know that time is involved in hearing out the idea being conveyed.
Aside from all of that, I believe that the human nature is nurtured by music, on a level we do not comprehend.

Put all that together and you got a bowl full of non-stutter for breakfast.

Answer 3

My aunt was telling me the other day that there is a new study out for people who have trouble with stuttering. It has something to do with an implant that causes you to hear yourself talk louder than before. For some reason this has helped people who stutter to actually quit all together. I wish I could give you a little more information... she is part of the George Washington Think Tank maybe you could find some more information there...

Answer 4

Unfortunately although there are many treatments and speech therapy techniques available that may help increase fluency in some stutterers, there is essentially no "cure" for the disorder at present.

This is because although the exact etiology of stuttering is unknown, both genetics and neurophysiology are thought to contribute -> and as we know noone can change genes.

Hope this helped.

Answer 5

Many have found great relief by taking up singing. One of the most famous was Mel Tillis.... he found as long as he was singing prepared words, he did not stutter.. when one has to think and create words then say them, appears to be where the problem shows up.. He went on to make several movies which did include his stuttering, however..There can be a silver lining regardless of circumstances.

Answer 6

You are not alone with your stuttering, sometimes it helps to pick up a book and read it out loud, there are a number of actors and singers who had a stuttering problem, one that comes to mind is James Earl Jones, he had a bad stuttering problem growing up and the therapist told his parents to get him acting lessons, which improved his speech 100 percent. Tension and anxiety can bring it on, I find myself when I am tired, I don't stutter, but I sort of trip over my words and don't pronounce them very smoothly, although my mother in law used to make me stutter,she had impeccable command of the English language, which caused me to squirm when I spoke to her, and my words would not come out the proper way.
Take your time while speaking,and it will get better.

Answer 7

I had a music professor who had a major stuttering problem and he told me he overcame it by singing a lot. Apparently, singing allows you to relax and think about what you're going to say before it comes out of your mouth. There is also a tune and spacing between the words that allows you to control the speed in which you speak. Obviously you can't sing everytime you get nervous just so you can have a conversation, but if you can learn to control your speech by practicing to sing, perhaps you can overcome your problem.

Answer 8

One method to significantly reduce stuttering is to wear a specially designed hearing aid that delays the playback of your voice by a fraction of a second. This is enough to trick your brain and stop the stuttering reflex. The effect can be profound - completely stopping even severe stuttering. You can go to http://www.speecheasy.com/ which is a manufacturer of these devices. They have complete directions for how to get one of these on their website.

Answer 9

Check out the web site for The Stuttering Foundation of America. It is loaded with helpful information and resources. Their books and DVDs are in many public libraries.

Answer 10

Try some tongue twisters. Repeat them again and again.
If you are mid or high school aged, you could join the speech club or the drama club.
My friend in high school did that and although he was embarrassed sometimes, he got more and more sure of himself and now, as an adult, he hardly stutters at all.