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From: Walt Manning
Date: 20 Oct 2008
Time: 11:18:52 -0500
Remote Name: 141.225.97.59
Hello Rachel, Joe mentioned some great reasons for using cancellations. I think a related, and maybe the most basic reason, is to "take charge of the word you originally stuttered on". The cancellation is the last chance to do that if you were unable to intentionally stutter on the feared sound/word at the outset (pref-set) or slide out/pull out of the word during while stuttering on the word. It's usually somewhat easier - although you do need to achieve a reasonable degree of desensitization and be able to stay in the moment of stuttering - to catch and modify stuttered words into smoother forms of stuttering by going back and canceling the word. It's good to remember that you aren't canceling in order to be fluent but to take charge. Most people don't do a lot of canceling beyond the treatment setting. Prep sets and pull-outs are more common. No matter when you catch and modify the old, habitual and automatic form of stuttering (and thinking) it is wonderful to find out that you have some choice about how you stutter and there are likely to be easier, smoother forms of stuttering that speakers can learn. One other thing, using these techniques can lead to spontaneous fluency.