left hander's speech ability?

Question

I'm not sure if this is the right category to fit this question in, so have posted in under another category as well. Apologies for cross-posting.

My husband is a left hander but was made to use his right hand when he was a child. I heard that people like him has a slight speech problem and needs to be 'unlocked' by speech therapist by using his natural hand more. He does have some speech hiddcups but I always think that's because he thinks much faster than he speaks. He is quite good at those 'right brain atmosphere' stuff like art or painting etc.

Have you heard of it before? I only heard about it recently from my colleague whose husband has a similar issue and was made to use his right hand when he was young.

having heard from all of you, I feel very guilty about not knowing this earlier, and not being able to understand and help him. It must be a hard time for him to speak something which we just easily flow out. :(

Answer 1

I'm left-handed, and though I was never made to use my right hand, have some mild speech problems, I think. Mostly it shows up as a halting speech pattern. I tend to speak in phrases, with a pause between each phrase. It drives me nuts when people cut me off and talk over me when I stop at a phrase, too.

So maybe it's just a left-handed thing?

Answer 2

I also was born left handed and was forced to use my right hand. I have since stuttered. I am now 51 and my stuttering has improved, but is still present. It is true that if you practice writing with your left hand, your stuttering will improve and possibly go away, but i never bothered as I havn't really cared enough to try. I am now ambidextrose about most things except writing.
When forced to use your unnatural side, it crosses (wires) in the brain and effects speach as it is in the same part of the brain. It is also a fact that people that stutter have an above average intelligence. Also, you won't stutter if you sing or speak with an accent, (for a while).

Answer 3

i am a left handed person and also very arty i do also have hiccups when i talk and i would have to agree that it could possibly well be something to do with the brain working faster than speech can cope with i was never made at school to use my right hand but when i was in colleage and studying Art and design H.E almost 2 years ago, i was given an excercise that encouraged use of the other side of my brain so now without force i do tend to use both hands in my artwork it is acctually intresting i find that in using my opposite hand in doing still life gives me a better deffinition of the subject we were trying to draw i completed this course on a level two and am very proud of my achievements even though i have learning difficulties.

Answer 4

King George VI was a south-paw. He was forced to be right-handed. The poor dear had a dreadful stutter and stammer. His loving wife, Queen Elizabeth (the late Queen Mum), helped him with his speech impediment for public speaking.
The right side of the brain operates the left side of the body and vice-versa. If the brain is forced to do things that aren't natural for it, it short-circuits, as it were.
I write and do a couple of things right-handed; some things I switch-hit; but I'm primarily left-handed in many ways. I use both hemispheres of my brain. (Or at least give it a good try.) :)

Answer 5

I am naturally right handed but was taught to write by my left handed mother, so write left handed. I had a severe stutter from about 5-8 years old.

Answer 6

As above. But note:
Most (95%) of left handers are still left brain dominant when it comes to speech.

Answer 7

have you ever read japanese comic books? you notice that you start from the back cover to the front, that's because 75% japanese peeps are left handed: they are irritated on writing the 'american way' as they call it, because it is easier to right with your left hand to start to the right, so maybe your husband is particularly normal, try being familiarize to him, maybe he can right with both left and right. try telling him to stretch it so the bones of his writing hand are more active.... good luck in your relationship... !!!!

Answer 8

my daughter is left handed and no ive never heard of that before! i think she might pulling a fast one their. my daughter doesnt have a problem doing anything, just because she uses her left hand!