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From: Joe Klein
Date: 09 Oct 2009
Time: 08:47:52 -0500
Remote Name: 74.70.44.201
Hi Ari, great question. In my personal and clinical experience, it is my belief that you cannot "slow down" your speech if you are going 100 miles an hour on the inside, either due to stress, excitement, anxiety, whatever. It's really not possible. In order to speak slowly, you need to be calm on the inside, as well. So, I think you are right that this is generally poor advice for someone who stutters and has anxiety about their stuttering. Speech modification tools like cancellations and voluntarily stuttering will actively calm both your anxiety about speech and your speech rate together over time. You are asking good questions! Take care. Joe