The Use of Drama-Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Stuttering Patients

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Re: Fluency and Singing Unfamiliar Songs

From: Jenny Nicholson, M,Ed, M.S. CCC/SLP
Date: 22 Oct 2007
Time: 14:23:04 -0500
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I am a classically trained singer and former teacher of English to speakers of other languages. I have always been interested in using singing and other musical elements,such as rhythm, to enhance fluency, intonation, articulation and acquisition of grammar and syntax. Modeling relaxed breathing and vocal onset, while gradually extending the length of the vowels in increasingingly longer words and sentences, can provide an effective propioceptive means to fluent speaking. It is best to begin with slower songs that have a walking like rhythm with only a few different pitches that are not far apart. Traditional folk songs work well. Familiar songs that are not challenging to sing may be better to start with.


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