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Re: Voluntary Stuttering

From: David Shapiro
Date: 07 Oct 2008
Time: 13:21:42 -0500
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Hi Pam, What a good question. I don’t tend to use voluntary stuttering personally, although I am aware of many instances of success when people who stutter do. However, I often demonstrate different types of disfluencies while instructing classes and seminars on stuttering. I shouldn’t be surprised any longer when my voluntary stuttering becomes an instance of real stuttering. Indeed I need to work though the block when this occurs. I don’t believe it is clear why we who stutter have this experience while others who do not stutter, in contrast, can easily terminate the voluntary stuttering and return to fluent speaking. Theories abound. Nevertheless, voluntary or pseudo stuttering is helpful for many people who stutter to maintain a relative easiness or looseness in the stuttering. When the voluntary stuttering becomes real, these are valuable instances to practice the fluency facilitating controls. Hope this helps. David Shapiro


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