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From: Walt Manning
Date: 19 Oct 2007
Time: 08:49:14 -0500
Remote Name: 75.65.8.122
Nancy, adding to the responses you've already received, it's clear that stuttering is variable and not well received by most listeners. Those who understand what's going on (including most good clinicians)are going to respond well to easy forms of stuttering and recognize attemts to catch and smooth the more automatic, habitual forms of stuttering. But, alas, most listeners aren't ogig to have that level of understanding. Rather than striving to please and be accepted by listeners it is probably a better strategy for the adult speaker to do what they need to do to be who they are (as Vivian indicated) and not try to work so hard to hide the fact that they may stutter and to use techniques that they find are useful to them to successfully manage their stuttering. As we become less concerned about wht the listeners might or not think about us we tend to do what is best for us rather than the listener. I'd be intererested in your thoughts.