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From: Rick
Date: 01 Oct 2007
Time: 18:56:29 -0500
Remote Name: 68.14.210.13
Hello, I know several people who stutter (PWS) who talk fast. The perception seems to be that stutterers would have a slower rate of speech because of stuttering. However, that doesn't seem to be the case most of the time. Wouldn't you say that PWS have an uneven rate of speech. ex. talk fast until they stutter (have a block and etc). Do you think some PWS have a faster rate of speech because subconsciously they talk fast because they have a history of past stuttering and they are afraid they are going to stutter? Any research studies on speech rate of PWS? Do most PWS talk fast or talk slow and how does stuttering severity affect speech rate. I know that some SLPs work on slowing the speech rate of PWS. And that advice is great: "slow down." But doing it is more difficult considering the alternative is stuttering. I know one PWS who din't want to slow down (he went in for stuttering treatment). Thanks! Rick