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From: Peter Reitzes
Date: 11 Oct 2005
Time: 07:42:52 -0500
Remote Name: 165.155.128.131
Yes, one of the goals of voluntary stuttering is to practice stuttering on specific sounds. You ask, “Does this take a lot of practice?” As Starkweather and Givens-Ackerman (1997) have noted, speaking strategies are the hardest to use when they are needed the most. As with any speaking strategy, the stutterer has to remind him or herself to use the tool when it is needed. If the goal is to stutter voluntarily on feared sounds (such as “m” or “s”), the stutterer has to remember to do so. This takes some practice, but with all things, the more you do it the easier it gets. ------REFERENCE: Starkweather, C.W., & Givens-Ackerman, J. (1997). Stuttering. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.