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From: Charlie Healey
Date: 16 Oct 2007
Time: 16:57:11 -0500
Remote Name: 129.93.99.57
Andy: Your question about how effective ERA-SM technique is compared to other techniques is somewhat difficult to answer. Does the easy relaxed and slow movement into a sound or word help? Many would agree it does and it has been advocated for a long time by the late Hugo Gregory, a professor of speech pathology and person who successfully managed his stuttering. So yes, it is one of many effective techniques that attempt to change the tension, timing and force that is needed for people who stutter. If it works for you, I would recommend you continue to use the strategy. However, it depends on your stuttering problem to know whether there is something else that you could use to be more fluent. The other thing to remember that no technique by itself will work if that's the only thing you focus on. A technique has to be used within the context of how you feel and think about your stuttering, how much you have accepted it, how much you are willing to try to speak in a new way around other people, etc. So, asking whether a technique works or not or asking if there is one better, the answer is a qualified yes because it depends on so many other things that we need to know about your fluency disorder. Hope this helps.