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Re: The recovery afterwards

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Date: 03 Oct 2007
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The recovery afterwards From: Laura Date: 03 Oct 2007 Time: 12:38:09 -0500 Remote Name: 128.122.90.159 Comments You wrote: "I ... was really interested in what self-therapy techniques you used and if you saw improvement right away?" My stuttering problem was sporadic. I was not consistently dysfluent The dysfluencies punctuated my speech but did not dominate it. The fluency shaping strategies I used were more to decrease the likelihood of dyafluencies and to control them when they appeared. I gained fluency control if not my previous level of fluency. That is an important goal for may clients too: an increased feeling of fluency control. It is just as important as improved feelings and attitudes or improved fluency or improved use of fluency strategies. You wrote: "Also, I liked how you said that, "it is a gift to experience the disorder." I like your perspective on that." I think it is a good attitude to adopt toward many of the things that life gives us that we can't immediately change. For me, stuttering is/was a gift because I have known for a long time how to describe it, how to assess it, and how to treat it, but I have been able to learn what it feels like. I also learned that taking the opportunity to disclose my stuttering to others and to explain it to them has been a great way t deal with the problem. Generally, people have been fascinated. You wrote: "...I was wondering what you perspective is on bilingualism and stuttering? I am doing an article review on that topic and have not found much information. Do you think stuttering is more commom among bilinguals than monolinguals?" Asking me to describe my perspective on stuttering and bilingualism is kind of like asking me to describe the solar system and give three eaxmples -- it's an easy question to ask, but a tough one to answer briefly. Be prepared for a long answer. Dr. Glen Tellis has just posted some good information on bilingualism and stuttering in this year's ISAD forum, "The Professor is In". That would be a good place to ask your question, and I would be happy to add to Dr. Tellis's response if you should post some specific questions there. BH


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