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From: Dick Mallard
Date: 03 Oct 2010
Time: 07:41:02 -0500
Remote Name: 70.115.247.185
Peter, you ask a great question and Gary wrote a great answer to you--even at his advanced age! I am 68 years old and have stuttered as long as I can remember. I had no therapy until I was 22. My stuttering is very much in control. As a matter of fact, helping people who stutter and teaching others about speech pathology has been my profession. So, if you have the right attitude and don't let the problem control you, stuttering can be a good thing. The answer to your question, I believe, is "yes." Talking does get easier with age in most people. Notice I said "talking" gets easier, not necessarily stuttering. You can be an effective communicator and still stutter. My experience was that when I quit trying not to stutter and learned how to stutter with ease and control then talking/communicating became easier and the problem did not bother me as much. I hope you experience the same success. Best wishes and again thanks for this great question.