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Re: treatment without speech tools

From: J Scott Yaruss
Date: 14 Oct 2009
Time: 10:47:26 -0500
Remote Name: 74.109.245.93

Comments

Hi Ari - Wow, you've asked a great question. You will see from this conference that there are a wide variety of opinions, and nobody knows the right answer! There are certainly some people who feel strongly that speech tools and techniques are the key to success. On the other hand, there are also people who feel equally strongly that speech tools are not the whole picture - or that they shouldn't be part of the picture at all. As for what works for you, well, there's nobody who can tell you that... For my part? (again, others will offer their own opinions), I feel that tools can play a helpful role for many people... tools are not nearly all that's needed, but for some people who want to learn to change their speech production in order to enhance their fluency, then tools may help them. They'll still need other components of treatment (to help with desensitization and acceptance, for example -- tools don't help much with that part!). Other people may want nothing to do with tools at all, and of course that's okay too. I guess my experience has been, too, that many people who go through a period of learning and using techniques ultimately stop using them, or use them less, as they become more comfortable speaking (and stuttering). Could they have gotten there without the techniques? Who knows... I'll look forward to reading what others write... S


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