2007-05-16 07:04:27 · 5 answers · asked by Rondi 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
She can do this every time. I have heard of a syndrome that this is a symptom. Do you know of one?
2007-05-16 07:41:30 · update #1
I am wondering if she really can. Does it work all the time? The reason I am asking is that often with children who stutter, they develop secondary behaviors. I am wondering if at one time she was able to stop a stuttering moment by raising the pitch of her voice, and now it has become a behavior she uses to try to stop the stuttering moment. I am really curious about this because raising the pitch of her voice would actually create more tension in her vocal tract which in turn, may make the stuttering worse for her. Please contact a speech-language pathologist to help your daughter with this. Good luck to you and your daughter!
2007-05-16 07:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by Lady J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched something on TV where an adult who had a heavy stuttering problem completely stopped stuttering when he sang a song.
Funny how that works.
My 11 year old son stutters also, he has all his life, but he repetes a whole word over and over, not parts of a word like most stutters.
2007-05-16 07:16:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact The Stuttering Foundation and see if they can help you. Their toll free number is on their web site at www.stutteringhelp.org. They also have a referral list of speech therapists in all states.
I come from a family of stutterers but never noticed any of them doing what your daughter is doing.
2007-05-16 11:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by Bud B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like to me she is working on controlling it and she can control when she tries. it may just be that she is concentrating and then her voice gets higher.
My son is in therapy for stuttering and when he is trying to concentrate and say it without stuttering his voice gets lower. He is controlling it more and slowing down to say it correctly
2007-05-16 07:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by jon jon's girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best answer I have is to "catch 'em being good". It's easy! They want you attention and they will get it on your terms or their terms. Give them an example of what you expect and compliment them when they do well, don't play into their demands because they don't know very much at that age, but will accept your attention, and it sounds like that's a piece of the puzzle you should address.
2007-05-16 07:19:18 · answer #5 · answered by RT 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋