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From: Peter Ramig
Date: 15 Oct 2005
Time: 16:37:31 -0500
Remote Name: 67.173.246.103
Dr. Williams gave an appropriate overall definition of stuttering. I would add that stutering modification helps stutterers respond to their stuttering in a manner that is completely opposite of what their brain tells them to do when expecting or experiencing a stutter. Generally speaking, the brain senses danger, embarrassment, shame, etc., and as a result, the body reacts with increased muscular tension, a normal reaction to the experience of something unpleasant. However, with a great deal of practice and knowledge of where and how one is responding to the threat of stuttering, one can learn to stutter with much less interference to the natural flow of speech. In modification treatment the client is taught to confront the stuttering and the feelings related to it, as well as ways to stutter with much less effort. In turn, learning to stutter with less effort decreases interference with the normal speech production system, specifically the on-going need for proper air and voicing.