I have stuttered for my entire life, what cuases stuttering, is there any kind of cure, its embarassing?

Question

i have been teased for my whole life and there is no time when the stuttering gets worse, like with nervousness, im 19 years old

Answer 1

This is from The Stuttering Foundation's web site at www.stutteringhelp.org where several of my uncles and cousins found help:
"What causes stuttering? There are four factors most likely to contribute to the development of stuttering: genetics ( approximately 60% of those who stutter have a family member who does also); child development (children with other speech and language problems or developmental delays are more likely to stutter); neurophysiology ( recent research has shown that people who stutter process speech and language in different areas of the brain than those who do not stutter); and family dynamics ( high expectations and fast-paced lifestyles can contribute to stuttering).

Stuttering may occur when a combination of factors comes together and may have different causes in different people. It is probable that what causes stuttering differs from what makes it continue or get worse."


"There are no instant miracle cures for stuttering. Therapy, electronic devices, and even drugs are not an overnight process. However, a specialist in stuttering can help not only children but also teenagers, young adults and even older adults make significant progress toward fluency."

One of my uncles was able to go to a speech therapist who specialized in treating stuttering, but he and the other members of our family who stuttered got the Foundation's book "Self Therapy for the Stutterer" and worked through the steps diligently and practiced, practiced, practiced. All of them became very fluent with only setbacks occasionally.

Answer 2

I recently saw a documentary directed and written by life long stutterer John Paskievich. It was appropriately called "Uspeakable". I learned a few things from watching it:

1. They are unsure what the exact cause of stuttering is.
2. There are no cures- but there are several techniques that people have developed to help stutterers cope. I'm sorry I don't remember the names of the techniques, but I can relay what I remember of how they work in brief.

a) Elongate the sounds in each word when you speak. For example, instead of saying, "How are you today?" They teach you to pronounce everything really slowly so it sounds like this: "Hoooooow aaaaaare yoooooou tooooooday."
b) Stutter on purpose. I think the idea is that if you stutter on purpose you can control the stutter. E ventually as you talk more, the stutter is supposed to just go away during the conversation.
c) Insert an earpiece. Apparently there's this small earpiece you can buy that relays your voice back into both your ears when you talk. For some reason (I'm not sure why) it helps with stuttering. The only thing is,I don't think it necessarily lasts for a long time. It might be effective for a month or two and then it stops working and the stutterer starts stuttering again.

I know that there are several different courses that one can take to help with stuttering. One is called the McGuire Programme. I think it can be quite expensive though.

I also learned that there are quite a few famous and accomplished individuals who suffered from stuttering. Apparently, Marilyn Monroe, Lord David Cecil, Aneurin Bevan,Winston Churchill, James Earl Jones, Aesop, Claudius, Moses, Isaac Newton, and Lewis Carroll are/were all stutterers.

Good luck with your search! I hope this helps :)

Answer 3

I love how everyone here is such an expert.
Your local university should have a low-cost speech clinic if they have a speech pathology program.
The Stuttering Foundation of America has self-help materials (stuttering.org).
You can find the therapist referral search engine at asha.org (the website for the American Speech Language Hearing Association); they also list speech pathology programs in the US and Canada..
The etiology of stuttering and other fluency disorders has been the subject of debate for many years. Researchers think they have located the area in the brain where it originates, but research goes on........
There are no "cures". Therapy focuses on managing the problem, and includes the psychological aspects and physical treatment by learning fluency tactics.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Stuttering is the result of an over-reactive muscle in your brain. My little cousin had a horrible stuttering problem, and now he has been seeing a speech therapist for about a little over a year now and it's almost completely gone! check with your parents to see speech therapist.

Answer 6

People stutter because they have kind of an echo of their own voices in their ears. I did an experiment once at a hearing lab where you wear headphones with your own voice and words delayed a few seconds and it really made me stutter! Try going to a hearing or speech specialist. I'm sure they could help.

Answer 7

It's inexcusable that you haven't been treated for this before now. Do you live in the USA? SOMEONE, your parents, doctors, teachers or someone should have referred you to a speech therapist a long, long time ago.

You do not have to live with stuttering. They CAN help you. Talk to your doctor about it.

Good luck!

Answer 8

for some reason males stutter more than females.
just be calm while you read outloud or speak and the hell with those people who tease you, more than likely they will have worse problems. i know it sucks to be teased, but if you catch their flaw and you tease them you are no different than they are. oh! try a speech therapist my old friend had one and it worked well for him. good luck

Answer 9

There is a device which is placed into the ear...It creates a small delay for what you hear...Some how it stops the stuttering, talk to your family doctor.