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From: Brian Humphrey
Date: 12 Oct 2008
Time: 09:24:13 -0500
Remote Name: 75.74.131.143
Tom, you wrote: As my Meniere's disease progresses I find that my stuttering is reduced the less I can auditorially monitor myself. I say this both through my impressions as well as more formal measures of my stutter. One of the effects of altered auditory feedback, like DAF, is that it may bring about a change in the way we self-monitor. It is a question that invites further study. When we speak, we can pay attention to auditory, tactile, and/or kinesthetic feedback. For example, when I am using Delayed Auditory Feeback -- for example, when demonstrating DAF to a class -- I have noted that DAF causes me to pay more attention to how my mouth is moving and to other sensations of speaking, rather than to the sound of my message. There has been some speculation that frequency altered feedback may work because it may lead us to perceive ourselves to be "speaking in chorus" with another voice that is "not our own. We have known for a long time that choral reading is a fluency-enhancing condition. Let's see if others may have additional insights about your question. - BH