THE CURE FOR STAMMERING (Jul, 1940)
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Issue: Jul, 1940
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THE CURE FOR STAMMERING
WITH phonograph recordings, a new kind of lip training, and delicate electric brain-wave detectors, scientists are waging a winning war on stammering. Their researches mean new hope for the 1,000,000 or more Americans who suffer from the ailment. Do you stammer? Whether you do or not, you can join the nation-wide fight to end the personal suffering and the $1,000,000,000-a-year economic loss caused by disordered speech. Experts have now discovered such simple methods of treatment that nearly anyone can cure himself, or show a friend how to do it.
These findings spring from the latest work in speech-correction clinics throughout the country, where every modern scientific weapon helps treat even the most refractory cases of stammering. Enter one of the most advanced of these institutions, headed by Dr. Lee Edward Travis at the University of Southern California, and you will see how research and actual treatment go hand in hand.
First, the subject speaks into a microphone, while a phonograph disk makes a permanent record of his voice. This serves a double purpose. Played back subsequently, it encourages him by showing him the progress he has made under treatment. With hundreds of other records, it also enables research workers to compare different types of stammering. Cases range from persons who barely stammer to others whose stammering* spasms last as long as half an hour.Brain waves, the faint electrical impulses that reveal a person’s nervous make-up, are being studied as a possible help in diagnosing cases of stammering. In recording them, a subject lies relaxed within a room inclosed by copper screens to shield the ultrasensitive electrical instruments from outside influences. As many as ten electrodes, with wires leading to recording apparatus, are attached to his scalp. Then an amplifier magnifies the brain currents, so that they may be recorded in a wavy line on an endless tape. A normal person gives a pattern resembling a fairly regular row of saw teeth. In the extreme case of a brain tumor, the line wavers aimlessly all over the chart. Experimenters hope to find intermediate sorts of brain waves, characteristic of various classes of stammerers, and thus link impaired speech with other types of nervous disorders. Manipulating facial muscles, a new treatment developed by Mrs. Edna Hill Young and elaborated upon by Dr. Travis, helps overcome severe stammering. Even backward children unable to utter a word have been taught to speak. With deft fingers, the “trainer” shapes the subject’s lips so that nothing but the correct sound can possibly come out. Thus a patient, who previously could be trained only by visual and hearing aids, now experiences the exact “feel” of pronouncing a syllable. So successful has the method proved that the Rockefeller Foundation has financed large-scale training of operators for clinics.
Stammering usually begins in childhood and parents should be on the watch for it, experts say, since an immediate cure is much easier than a later one. Generally, a young child stammers because he has been forced to change from a left-handed to a right-handed way of doing things. Specialists explain that the left hemisphere of the brain controls the right side of the body, and vice versa. One of the two brain hemispheres always is “dominant.” Disturbing that dominance, before it has fully developed, produces mental confusion and affects the brain center of speech, causing stammering. After a boy or girl is sixteen years old, however, the dominance of one side of the brain is firmly established, and no harm can be done in making a right-hander out of a “southpaw.”
Helpful and interesting conclusions for adults also emerge from clinical observations of thousands who trip and stumble over their words. Get one of them good and mad, and he will forget to stammer! Evidently there is nothing wrong with the mechanical parts of his speaking organs. His real trouble might be likened to “static” in the control line linking the brain and the vocal muscles. Usually this results from undue nervous tension. Once a stammerer learns to overcome his nervous condition, or remove its cause, self-cures are readily possible. Thus anyone can regain and enjoy to the fullest his most human faculty, speech.
pls help me………i am suffering from stammering, i am too serious about it……helppppppppppppp
Comment by raj kothari — December 14, 2007 @ 3:14 am
i presently reside in The Kingdom of bahrain and my pemanent residence is mumbai,india. as a child i stammered and boys used to make fun of me, i was a nervous child not all the time bu if anyone asked me to speak in public or a new person or in class that was it! i did overcome it fully from my college years till about 1 yr back but now again i have started stammering not severe but enough to frustrate me at my job and with other people, my self confidence is affected and i have in a flight despatch job so i have to speak on radio aids at times its fine but!!! the fright of stammering is always there and its at the back of my mind. i am 43 yrs old. my son who is 11yrs also has a severe stammer and i am worried about him. please advise and suggest some therapy
best regards
sanjay
Comment by SANJAY D COSTA — January 31, 2008 @ 9:09 am
i suffer from stammering please tell cure
Comment by kunal — March 8, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
I require cure from stammering. Please tell for curing.
Comment by utpal borah — March 12, 2008 @ 7:18 am
Sir,
I am an Engineer with MBA working in Multination American Company to day I have my life most bad experience in my presentation. I have stammering from my child hood but i manages the thing some how today i fail and every body is laughing at me…please help me out
Comment by Somnath Lahiri — April 18, 2008 @ 7:45 pm
Please help me. Ive had stammering for 3 yrs already. Im now the age of 20. I got the stammer when I’m around 16-17.
Whenever I had to talk to a person, discuss I always stammer. But when people ask me questions, mostly I dont stammer.
When I talk my muscles gets tensed up and my chest is tight, near the lungs. Its so pain in my life. PLease help..
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Comment by utpal borah — April 21, 2008 @ 6:51 am
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Comment by binod dubey — April 22, 2008 @ 7:26 am
Sir,
I am 17 years old, and have a serious problem of stammering. My family is not so rich, they believe that i will one day support them. But my continous stammering is affecting my life. Please help me out.
I will be very grateful to you if you will help me. May God bless you.
Comment by Abdul Wahab — May 3, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
People please read more attentively! This is not a help site. And the posted article is from 1940. What does Jul, 1940 mean? It means it is 68 years old! From your comments I see you understand English. So start with reading the headline of this article.
Comment by Dimension-X — May 4, 2008 @ 7:01 am
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Comment by utpal borah — May 6, 2008 @ 5:38 am
hi, i m 23 yrs. old suffering from stammering since my childhood. please tell me any medicine and help me.
Comment by Abhishake — May 9, 2008 @ 11:51 am
i m 23 yrs. old suffering from stammering since my childhood.please tell me any medicine and help me.
Comment by Abhishake — May 9, 2008 @ 11:52 am
The #7 tip seems the most useful.
“If possible get in touch with a recognised speech correction clinic.”
Although the article is 68 years old, the Google Ads below it and
above the comments are from the present.
Comment by jayessell — May 9, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
sir, iam 30 years old .please help me from stammering.
Comment by sachin — May 21, 2008 @ 4:25 am
My name is wisdom, student of EEE.I have seminers to defend & I am a stammerer, so please advice me on cure for it
Comment by WISDOM OKAFOR — May 21, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
see all members those who r suffering stammer problem please donot think that you are having stammering and while speaking be prepared, i think that you all can sing well with out stammer, why it is happening because you know the words which should come out at that right time, so be prepared and speak loudly in a room, and while presenting bee cool, mainly while presenting dont ever take it into your mind that you are having stammer, I WILL TELL U WHY STAMMER CAUSES YOU. ..according to science if we get heart to the mind from outer side of a skull the internal chord of a brain will not function well, which use to get the word sponteniously, that will not come out at the right time. it is better to go for pranayam and yoga in which throat of thyroyd gland exercise is done due to which we can cure some how. but there is no full cure treatment in this world. we should make controle on our selves and think before u talk, let it take more time no matter but speak clearly and slowly, which will help u a lot and remind u that i have cured 70% of mine. got it be relaxed all the time and meditate, the big big writer says “THINK BEFORE YOU TALK” , some scientists are also suffred from stammer they r –einstine, david.. they have hard feeling in them and suceeded in there life, nomatter what the person is thinking about you because” SUCESS WILL NOT DEPEND ON OTHERS THINKING, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE WAY YOU ARE THINKING” so all the best for you all see astha channel, do yoga ,meditation, breathing exercises all which you are needed. thank you…
Comment by kapil — June 3, 2008 @ 7:02 am
i hve completed my graduation now i gotta interview for job but i hve a problem of stammer thts a bigest obstacle for me.. so please tell me the way so that i can do my best performance.. i had this problem when i was of 8-9years old. thanx..
Comment by uttam — June 23, 2008 @ 2:33 am
See #14.
Comment by jayessell — June 23, 2008 @ 4:50 am
I have stammering problem last 24yrs, i am very nervous pls tell any solution,any course ,any medicine pls help
thanks.
Bhushan Mhatre
bhushanaai2007@rediff.com
Comment by Bhushan Mhatre — June 24, 2008 @ 5:54 am
hi i m sumeet anand 25 yrs old. i m suffering from stammering promblem since my childhood. whenever i started to speak i get stammering promblem. sometimes i dont stammer but at the time of interview stammering thasy some times i dont get good job .pls give any tips to remove my stameering promblem.
Comment by sumeet anand — June 30, 2008 @ 12:18 am
Hi,
I really want to oversome my stammering. It gives me lot of troubles in every way.I consulted speech therapist like Dr Ajit Harisingania in Pune. But He just disussed problmes in 8 sessions. Finally no recovery is done at all.
Please help me out
Comment by hemant — June 30, 2008 @ 1:45 am
i have been stammarrig from the day i started to talk in life and am now in the university and as i talk now i have a presentation to do and because of that i can not do it
Comment by bernard — June 30, 2008 @ 4:41 am
i have been stammarrig from the day i started to talk in life and am now in the university and as i talk now i have a presentation to do and because of that i can not do it please help me
Comment by bernard — June 30, 2008 @ 4:43 am
i have been stammarrig from the day i started to talk in life and am now in the university and as i talk now i have a presentation to do and because of that i can not do it
Comment by pankaj kumar verman — July 1, 2008 @ 4:01 am
I have been stammering since I started talking
Comment by amani — July 9, 2008 @ 4:52 am
sir,
my granddaughter 4 years old started little bit of stammeriong,otherwise she is fine.will you be kind enough to give some tips so that she can be helped. please suggest.
swapna
Comment by swapna — July 19, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
i need ur help
Comment by shamusideen — July 24, 2008 @ 9:32 am
hi i m stammering frm last 3yrs it affecting my life very severly i want a cure for it …. i want some cure so that it be low … anything which i can eat so that stammers become low
Comment by tejpal — July 28, 2008 @ 4:50 am
Hi friends,
I was NOT a stammerer before 4 years. But suddenly I got into it. Wait………wait….Now I am again OUT of it. I got rid of it by myself only. And importantly I experienced the frustattion and depression of any stammerer. So guys if any of you need any help from me . Then do email me on celalit@gmail.com. It would be my pleasure if I can help you.
Thnx
Lalit.
Comment by celalit — August 2, 2008 @ 2:03 am
hi i am khan my son has started stammering 15 days back otherwise he was fine plz help me out
Comment by khan — August 3, 2008 @ 11:10 am
Hi Khan,
What is the age of your son?and what he is doing?
Comment by celalit — August 4, 2008 @ 2:56 am
dear sir,
i have been stammerin since childhood ,, nw i am 24years old n still its d same…
i have the fear to speak to people..
plz help me out on this
thanking you..
regards
jason
Comment by jason misquita — August 7, 2008 @ 11:40 am
1) Do Yoga : Simhasahan
2) Do Pranayam : Breathing pratise
These both helps to recover from physoclogical problem for stammering. Do write me if u need any thing else @ celalit@gmail.com
Comment by celalit — August 9, 2008 @ 12:33 am
i had stammer since i was kid, i do no know what to do in order to be treated please help me out
Comment by arold — August 28, 2008 @ 5:19 am
i had stammer since i was kid, i do no know what to do in order to be treated please help me out
Comment by sandeep — August 28, 2008 @ 6:14 am
sir ,
im so frustrated with this problem i dont know what to do it is like barriers in my carrer pls help me.
Comment by mukul — August 29, 2008 @ 9:12 am
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Comment by celalit — August 30, 2008 @ 12:33 am
hai sir.. please help me… i am suffereing with stammer for last five years… please help me… dont ignore
Comment by sriram — September 3, 2008 @ 8:04 am
hai sir.. please help me… i am suffereing with stammer for last five years… please help me… dont ignore
Comment by sriram — September 3, 2008 @ 8:05 am
hai sir.. please help me… i am suffereing with stammer for last five years… please help me… dont ignore.. i now only joined college… please say what to do…
Comment by sriram — September 3, 2008 @ 8:06 am
Hi
I have been suffering form stammering from my childhood. I was doing fine in the early stage of my life, but then gradually it was getting more and more. then it was going away but not fully, i was able to speak and talk to people normally but now it has started again and its getting very difficult for me to carry this with my life..
I have done my masters and now i am applying for my job and when ever i get an interview call, i mess up over there, i cant speak in front of them, and this makes me feel bad and hurts me alot, because when i see people who are less competent then me and they speak perfectly and i have all the skills and everything but i lack the most important thing and that is my speach..
So if you have any cure, anyhting which can make my life as everyone else, or if there is any treatment for which i have to go somewhere to any place in the world, so please let me know..
I will be very thankfull to you..
Comment by Hatim Ali — September 10, 2008 @ 10:25 am
Hi! i am a person who wants to become an M.B.A. student and to become a genius M.B.A. student communicating skil is very important.I am a person who always have problems about severe stammering since my child hood.Even in my school days i was willing to participate in debate competetion.But due to stammering I lost my confidence and wilingness towards study & I became a dul student.So ultimately Its in your hands to help me in overcoming my severe stammering & make my carrier as well as future bright.So! please help me.thank you for making my wish fulfill.
Comment by sumit nikalje — September 15, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
please help me out from severe stammering
Comment by sumit nikalje — September 15, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
pls help me………i am suffering from stammering, i am too serious about it……helppppppppppppp
Comment by raj kothari
Comment by Amit — September 18, 2008 @ 12:28 am
Folks, (Amit & Sumit)
http://www.stutterhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=298
http://books.google.com/books?.....r#PPA37,M1
http://members.aol.com/wdparry/valsalva.htm
http://www.spasmodicdysphonia.us/Arellano.html
Please read each and every line of all above links . Its really helpful to all of us.
Lalit
Comment by Lalit — September 22, 2008 @ 9:31 am
Iv bn stammerin since i wz v smal n wz at skul..evrytym id read in class id end up bein so nervous n wud stammer al d way..bt iv sumhow treatd myself abt 80%..luckly i had my 6th grade science teacher hu helpd me out..shed tel me 2 read aloud at hme n while readn 2 hide d nxt wordz so as 2 control my mind 2 read slowly n think b4 readn.. N in class shed owayz gv me a few lines 2 read n praise me if iv read v wel..u c dat wz 2 boost my confidence.. Luckily my classmates wer v undastandn n helpd me alot..gud luck 2u awl n dnt gt frustratd while stammern itl worsen thins up n try 2 meditate often n relax
Comment by Rukie — October 6, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
Yes Rukie,
Treatment suggested by your teacher is correct. Stammering is just another habbit. By reading aloud from book in room helps our vocal cords in practising the words and also it boosts our confidence (because we generally do not stammer when alone). Here, for our nervous system, reading from books is same as reading from our minds; as stammers generally think the words they will speak the next.
Comment by Lalit — October 7, 2008 @ 7:15 am
Natural Home remedies for the treatment of stammering
Simple home remedy for stammering using vallarai is a herb that can be grown in shades near houses. A few coriander seeds and palm candy are placed inside 3 or 4 vallarai leaves and chewed. Also vallarai leaves can be dried in shade and powdered. This powder or choornam taken regularly helps to reduce stammering. Paste made by grinding the leaves can also be taken with milk.
How to get rid of stammering – Getting rid of stammering
Good home remedy for stammering using almonds : (1) Soak 12 almonds, peel them and grind them, mix with 31 gms. of butter and eat it regularly for a few months.
(2) Grind finely an almond along with 10 corns of black peeper and sugar candy to taste and lick it. It will provide relief from the problem of stammering.
Effective home remedy for stammering using lemon Balm
tea – Drinking Lemon Balm tea is a good way to help relax your body as well as promote a good nights rest. Since your body is the most functional when it is relaxed and well rested this tea could be used during periods of extreme anxiety
or panic attacks.
Diet tips for stammering
Cinnamon : Chewing and sucking cinnamon provides relief from stammering. You may consult the writer of the present book for the treatment of stammering.
Amla : Chewing fresh amla is helpful in curing stammering of children. The tongue becomes thinner and the speech becomes clear. Mix a tsp. of amla powder with clarified butter and lick it daily. It will help overcome stammering.
Dried dates : Clear Voice-Boil dried dates in milk and take it before bed time. Do not rake water after it for two hours. It will clear the sharp and bad voice.
Fitness tacts to treat stammering naturally
Just as our bodies can be kept fit by exercises, stuttering can also be cured by specific set of exercises. Ayurveda states that the brain is under the control of ‘Prana’. Therefore to cure stuttering we have to improve the functioning of ‘prana’.
Comment by carlos — October 12, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
i have been stuttering since my childhood and i remember the horrible comments of people specially my cousins and other reltives with whom i used to talk the most that i stammer very badly.although very few outsiders could have recognize ma disorder.yet i never took it so much upon me UNTILL i join university.i’m currently a student of advance nursing and this horrible thing(stammering) has been chasing me faster as passage of time…i’m in third year now and since first year i have got difficulty in different situations. let me start from the begining .from the start of the day this stammering resist me to say PRESENT MISS on my name calling for attendence.i’d not say that i stammer on all the words .its usually with some words starting from the letters like P, V, L(specially), M, N,R,S,U….maybe many more.
i thought i should try to find out wht does it cause because i realized that it’s not through the whole year but some times in between for weeks and suddnly it gets disappear as i never have this problem…i’ve seen a therapist at my hospital area fro couple of times and she tought me some deep breathing exercises which i had followed and turned up with no results. then one day i realised that due to nostalgia, home sickness, stress of studies and burden up with more things and responsiblities around i have been listening music more than before for relaxation.i thought let’s stop this new thing and then see wht happens…the results horrified me…i stopped stammering after a week of not listening any music for some days(maybe 7)…i took this all experience to my therapist and she refused to accept this theory of mine saying that she has never encoutered such case instead music is one of the relaxing techniques recommended to people with stammering to relax more than ever…and one day i stoped going to her…now it’s been a year i’m not having any treatment…..these days when there’s a lot of functions around me,many weddings, parties, friends in my class who listens music during break times has increases, my stammering has increased a lot.i can’t help it because i can tell world that they can listen music because it causes me stammering……i’ve so many presentations due this semester, so much of the group work and projects in university that i’m in need of your help very badly…..
pls write me back about my ever first email to any organization calling for help regarding my stammering…..
i’ll be looking froward to your reply soon….
thank you
Comment by hina — October 15, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
I don’t know how to post material in this blog. so please mail me from ur email to get some material on it. Also, the most important factor here is to understand WHY you stammer. Once you find this WHY, you will have many ways to cure it. so I advise to find the reason for your stammering. (I don’t think Music can be; but yes your body reactions while music can be reason for it)…
Mean while,
http://www.stutterhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=298
http://books.google.com/books?…..r#PPA37,M1
http://members.aol.com/wdparry/valsalva.htm
http://www.spasmodicdysphonia.us/Arellano.html
Please read each and every line of all above links . Its really helpful to all of us.
Comment by Lalit — October 16, 2008 @ 1:44 am
Shall u tell me clearly how face interview in office……Because i have stammering problem….I from india……..N AMERICAS Greatest fan…….Please tell me Urgent sir….
Comment by Ganesh G saliyan — October 16, 2008 @ 6:13 am
I have had a stammer ever since i can remember. A couple of years ago i started speeach therpay. Since then i have left and have greater control over my stammer. For anyone who wants to get rid of their stammer, that will never happen. Chances are, you will always have your stammer. Speech therapy hepls you to accept your stammer and not be ashamed of it, or let it hold you back. Therapy aslo helped me to control my stammer. I was in therapy for around 18 months, and when i left, i was a different person. I cant describe how much it changes you. But the hard work doesnt stop there. You need to stick at practising the techniques you learned at therapy, otherwise, you end up going back to the way you were when you first started therapy. Thats what happened to me. A few months after i left therapy, i got lazy and didnt keep on top of my techniques. I fell back into my stammer and let it control my life again. Its only recetly, 1 year after i left therapy, that i have got back on the wagon. Therapy isnt easy. It was the single most hardest thing that i have ever had to do in my life. I learned not to hide my stammer. And i even learned how to be open about it, nd to show it. That was really hard. But if you can get over that, the rest is not as hard. Dont ever give up on your stammer. Dont let in control you. Get to therapy. Stick to the hard work. Dont ever give up, and i gaurantee you that your life will change. But the most important hing to remeber is that your stammer will alwyas be with you. The difference is, it no onger controls you…..you control it!
Comment by John — October 17, 2008 @ 7:38 am
Hi Hina..
hope you doing good.
well read your note, and it seems like i also have the same problem, like calling for the name in class and things like these..
well i dont have any cure for that or like you said about music that when you stopped listening it helped you in the cure of stutter..
but i just want to know i simple thing from, as you are also in university and these things might have come across you as well, so how you do the presentations, or calss participations and group discussions??? i cant tell you but those were the most difficult things which i couldnt do, and i always use to hide form that…
but i learned one thing. i never stepped back. i did all the presentations, i did all the group discussions and bla bla , because i knew one thing in it that the ppl sitting in front of me are my friends, and what so ever happens they will support me, wont laugh at me. and it helped me quite alot. I guess if you do the same so you will feel little good in your normal behaviour.. Just try it once.
But it doesnt end here. The real part starts when i call someone and i dont know what happens to me, i cant speak, words done come out and its like a long gap only when i start, but once i start then its fine. and Secondly the most worst part, when i go for an interview, i suck, trust me i dont know why it happens but i stammer there so much that they dont even think about me for a second…
So how you deal with all this???
May be by this whole converstion we can help others or we all can find a cure for that.
Comment by Hatim Ali — October 17, 2008 @ 3:22 pm
Hi guys,
John is correct; in the sense that stammer will never go permanently unless you won’t change yourself permanently..Meaning is that we stammer because of 2 reasons only. 1st is any physical challenges in our throat. 2nd is that we have a habit of it. Now, for the 1st cause, people should consult proper doctor. And for 2nd cause, only we can help ourself. The habit here is not necessarily of stammering only. But there can be other habits or some unconsciousness habits of our body/mind which is the cause of our stammering. This habit also includes our habits of lifestyle i.e how we live in our day-to-day life. This habits also include how we perceive anything good or bad. This habit also includes our nature (aggressive, introvert,etc). This habit also include our listening style, our speaking style, etc. So there can be 100 reasons for stammering and different people have different cause for it. When some forces (speech pathologist, drugs, watching and improving our habits, etc) keeps us out of this habits, we can cure from it but as soon as we stop such anti-stammering force, it attacks back. So the cure would be to change our style permanently. NOw, our habits are all stored in our sub-consiousness mind. And that is why it will come back when we stop practising anti-stammering activities. So the solution would be to re-program our sub-consiousness mind. Now how do we do that?? Its easy…!!! Try practicing it consciously i.e. regularly, daily, 2 times a day, 3 times a day, and so on. After some practise we will have habit of such anti-stammering activity and it can go permanently. It may be possible that stammering may strike back. But then again watch ur habits. Do bad habits come again? If yes try to practice and replace them again…
Also, once you speak fluently, then the confidence level in your mind boosts so much that you will not stammer frequently. Its all physcological.
I am preparing a blog on such tips. will give u link soon.
Comment by Lalit — October 17, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
For all, who have practiced VALSALVA control or Pranayam or Yoga or Breathing techinque…I request you to please share your experience here in this blog; so that other & you can know its feedback and can conclude its effectiveness.
PLEASE, share 5-10 minutes to write your feedback here.
Thanx.
Comment by Lalit — October 21, 2008 @ 3:27 am
I have this stammering problem as long as i remember…..in the begning i had a strong controll over it and and only my parents were aware of it….but by the age of 13 it increased a hell lot and became a major problem for me cuz i could not make new friends as my father is in Army and i had to change school after every one or two years….i had problem in asking questions durings lecture and it really frustrated me when i cant participate in disscussions during our class and i cant give out answers just because i stammer.Its been really a nightmare for the past few months as my problem has increased upto unimaginable heights and i consider my self close to a speaking-disabled person.I feel a constrain in my throat while speaking..and it takes a lot of energy to utter only few words…..could there be any muscle weakness(in addition to phsycological problem) that is causing this??
Comment by Aimen — October 23, 2008 @ 1:03 pm
can you help how to avoid stammerin plzzzzzzzzz
Comment by giri — November 4, 2008 @ 6:12 am
can u plzzz help how to avoid stammering……..plzz advice me plzzz
Comment by giri — November 4, 2008 @ 6:14 am
i have stammering problem but not always…when i get excited or enthu i started stammering or coudnot able to finish my even one sentence..i had enough of confidence,i am doing M.B.A so am used to public speaking,but at the back of mind i had always fear of stammering…please cure my problem
Comment by apurva — December 8, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
hii to all..plz cure my problem
Comment by aarti — December 8, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
Please help me to cure stammering as i’m suffering from it since childhood.
I have word fears & situational fears.I m not able to perform well in the interviews.
Having mental block.I m not able to maintain proper breathing during speech delivery
& hence too much start & stops between 2 adjacent words out of sheer nervousness.
Please help.
Comment by Gaurav Nandy — December 14, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
please help me out with the stammering problem.I didnt had it when i was studying at grade 5th.At this time i started stammering while reading books at my school when everyone was listening.THen it slowly started growing now it has become worse.I study at 11th standard but it has still not ended.i dont stammer when i am reading books alone or singing.Well my father also has this problem but it happens only sometimes and cannot be recognized.It is impossible to speak even a full sentence without stammering.Well i also stammmer when i speak with my family members.Please help me out.I am veery desperate to find a way to stop it and i will do anything to get rid of it.
Comment by mohit — December 15, 2008 @ 11:51 am
I’m having a severe stammering problem from my childhood. So plz get me somehow out from it. I’ll be highly thankfull to u.
GOD BLESS U
Comment by Shahid — January 3, 2009 @ 6:30 am
sir ..
i have a stammering problem by birth.. it is very severe.. i just cant speak out what i want to express. But sometimes i speak very fluently and nicely.. pls help me out .. now i am only 18 yrs old
Comment by shohaib khan — January 13, 2009 @ 3:17 am
i am a university of ibadan student,500level. i ve a seminar 2 present next month,but i do stammer. does dental malocclusion as in underbite, has any thing 2 do with stammering. pls help me.i was told that 2 correct the dental anomaly thaat i need about 2000dollars. but i am a student, pls kindly assist me.i will be very grateful. expecting your message. pls keep the good work going
Comment by ekpenko victor — January 18, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
does dental maloclussion has anything to do with speech defect
Comment by ekpenko victor — January 18, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
plz.. help me. i m a b.tech. 1st year student. i have been stammering since ma childhood. now i m fed up of this. sumtimes i feel to kill myself. can it ever be perfect.. please help.
Comment by Sandeep — January 29, 2009 @ 5:40 am
HI Sandeep,
Plz send me your email id or mail me at celalit@gmail.com
Comment by Lalit — January 29, 2009 @ 6:51 am
Dear sir, iam suffering from this problem since my childhood and sometime think to die. i get struck on these following problem k,t,p,j
Comment by Ram sharma — January 30, 2009 @ 11:53 am
Ram sharma,
maile me on celalit@gmail.com
Comment by Lalit — January 31, 2009 @ 1:42 am
sir…..i have a very minute stammering only.i have getting stammering when i am telling my name to others..my name is SHARAT CHANDRA sir….i cant pronounced my name properly…..so i have very guilty feeling when strangers ask my name.i am unable to go any where…..when i am pronouncing my name i am getting shaaaaaarath chandra…………SIR PLEASE TELL ANY ANSWER OR ANY TIP TO OVERCOME FOR THIS PROBLEM..I AM SO THANKFUL TO YOU…SIR
Comment by sharath — February 6, 2009 @ 2:56 am
1. Visit http://www.cowurine.com for stammering cure, these medicines are made from cow urine. I have been taking this since more than 2yrs and its very effective.
2. Speech disorders are associated with the planet budh. So you can seek Astrological help too.
The above two remedies has helped me a lot. Feel free to mail me at jaihind20@rediffmail.com
Comment by Anonymous — February 6, 2009 @ 4:31 am
it’s really bad. i mean in school, i find myself in positions to address the public but i acn’t cos i stutter. i believe God can and will heal me if only i amend my ways and believe in him.
Comment by david — February 6, 2009 @ 8:42 am
iam suffering from stammering since my childhood iam 20 yrs old…sometime i speak clearly but at same time when i feel wow i spoked nicly then in other conversation i get into stuttering….but from some month iam recovering..this cure only for muslim ppl DRINK THE HOLY WATER ZAMZAM AND BEFORE U DRINK JUST WISH FROM ALLAH THAT PLZ CURE MY STAMMERING PROBLAM AND DRINK IN ONE BREATH..and the second one read the THE HOLY QURAN (SURAT YASSEN) AFTER READING WISH FROM ALLAH THAT RECOVER UR PROBLAM……
PEACE
Comment by sam — February 13, 2009 @ 5:01 pm
I See Most Of You Guys Are From India, Me Too
I Was Watching Indian Idol Few Days Ago And See One Contestant Was Stammering A Lot, But He Sings Very Fluently.
How Come He Stammers In Talking But Sings Fluently, Can Singing And Humming Cure Stammering ??
Btw, I Stammer Too Since School, Class 4. Started Suddenly On One Day And I Was Felling So Disgraced When Entire Class Laugh At me And Teachers Think I Am Stupid.
I Am A College Drop Out Now
Comment by Anonymous — February 15, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
Dear Friends,
First take medium breath and then start speaking in a long lengthening style.
For example, Aaaaaaple…eaaaaarn…….uoooooniversity….like that. Start only with vowels.
Then go for sentences taking breath every time and read it like that.
Comment by YODHA — February 24, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
I learnt the art in ’stammering cure centre’ present in bangalore.U can search in the net.Fees is 8000/-
If u practise according to what they say…u will be cured definitely.
No problems…good luck
Comment by YODHA — February 24, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
sir…
im a final year engg student.. im very good in my studies but this stammering affects me a lost in my interviews….pls tell me in wat way i shld cure this…. pls help me
Comment by pandu — February 27, 2009 @ 3:33 am
I am Ramesh Raju, male, aged 33. I have stammering since infancy. I stammer at words “Pr” as in Prison, “Thr” as in Three. Please suggest the best home remedy for stammering.
Comment by rameshraju — February 28, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Hi.
I am Utkarsh Teway 28 years of age suffering from Stammering from the last 18 years. I have tried every thing from Allopathy,Homeopathy, Ayurvedic, Speech therapy. But all failed to cure my Stammering.
Can you help me, I will be really Greatful to you.
Waiting for Your Reply.
Comment by Utkarsh — March 4, 2009 @ 11:03 am
My son aged 7 years stammers. The first time he actually stammered was just after his nursery school graduation. There are times he speaks well and at some occassions words just refuse to come out from his mouth. Please help.
Comment by Shaffi Mithwani — March 7, 2009 @ 11:56 pm
I suffer from stammering like others espacially in and , and seldom in , plz help me. if u could suggest a way to cure my stammerin, I will certainly be the 21st century’s Einstein with my brain. awaiting… I should approciate your favor. tnx so much.
Comment by Anonymous — March 8, 2009 @ 3:27 pm
in d sometimes in n and seldom in g
Comment by Anonymous — March 8, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
please help me. I suffer stammer
Comment by Daga — March 17, 2009 @ 8:22 pm
i, peter was a stammera sinse age 4 and it was because i emulated astudent who was also a stammera when in nursery and i8 became one i am 16 now and want to stop because it is hunting me softly
Comment by peter — March 29, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
Dear sir/madam
well i am a 25 years old man currently working with a renowned hotel but my problem is that i feel very awkward when ever im speaking on the phone with strangers coz i have a habit of stammering.please help me
Comment by Bhutia — March 31, 2009 @ 4:25 pm
my name is brajkishor baghel i m suffering stammring i m a mba student please help me, i want to die my ph. 9702209525. help me………… please
Comment by brajkishor baghel — April 1, 2009 @ 6:49 am
plz help me out of this stammer problem though i m very good in speaking but when i have to speak in front of many people ND anywhere i have to give interview i just start stammering.really i m not able to ……………other wise i only have one option that finish my life.one thing i would like to tell u when my confidence level goes down i start stammering when i feel confident it never happen.
Comment by kavitya — April 2, 2009 @ 10:58 am
i am peter and 17 years. when i was in nursery i emulated a stammer and i also became one from age 4 please how can i stop it.
Comment by peter — April 4, 2009 @ 4:13 am
dear sir when i am with myself there is no stammering occours in me but when i am talking with unknown person or giving presentation in class this stammerig occurs which block my throat to speak and that time i feel too much bad in front of anyone while when i take ice cream or drink cool water or take milk stammering occur in me can u advise me about that
Comment by rehman — April 5, 2009 @ 7:49 am
Hi Kavitya, Peter & Rehman,
can you all please give me ur email id on celalit@gmail.com
Comment by Lalit — April 5, 2009 @ 11:35 pm
sir, i am 17 years now. i became a stammerer from age 4 and was because i emulated a school boy who was a stammerer in nursery. please help me stop the stammering.
Comment by peter — April 13, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
Sir
I am suffering from stammering since my childhood. But whenever i take a class, there is no problem, however while talking to others, i have stammering problem. Also on telephone i have a great problem. Sometimes, i shiver and speak becomes near to impossible. Dont know how to control all this. I am a scientist and very thorough at studies with gold medal. But the speech problem hinders me a lot, otherwise i can do wonders…
Pls help me
Comment by Pankaj — April 14, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
I have been stammering since childhood.Occasionally it becomes serious then it drops once more.its very embarrassing and i need your help
Comment by James — April 20, 2009 @ 11:23 am
i am malik i getting lot of tension day by day towards this stammering. i wanted to know is there any kind of machine which helps to overcome from my stammering. please help me.
Comment by MALIK — April 20, 2009 @ 1:56 pm
hi i am thabarak . i have stammering problem it gives me lot tension in day to day life .i request how to overcome from this problem..
Comment by thabarak — April 28, 2009 @ 3:50 am
i am a stammer please help me stopit
Comment by peter — May 2, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
sir, i wanna stop stammering by all means. am in the university now and i have lots of presentations to do.pls help me
Comment by peter — May 11, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
Sir,
My name is prince, I have been stammering for a long time now, I do not speak when my mate are talking because of this predicament.
I really need an immediate remendy.
prince
princelyric44@yahoo.com
Comment by prince — May 14, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
Hi, i’m from Malaysia. I’ve been stammering since i was 7 if i’m right. My classmates, friends, relatives and even my family laughed at me whenever i spoke, especially on the phone. I stammer all the time. Now i’m a bachelor degree holder in hospitality, getting a job is harder than ever as the interviews are killing me. I’m not sure whether it’s a good idea to reveal to the interviewer about my stammer. Chances are, most employers tend to have a bias view towards people who stammer. And in my country, i have yet to find an organization or society aimed at helping people born with this disadvantage.
Comment by Darren Tan — May 22, 2009 @ 8:37 am
Hello!!!!! Can anybody help. Sometimes i stammera sometimes i dont. But this time it comes alot.
Comment by Super — May 24, 2009 @ 5:46 am
Guys, I know how much pain it is to know that you cannot speak properly…sometimes you know almost everything but u cannot communicate…..there is no use if the knowledge if you cannot communicate it.
i think that stammering has no cure…the scientists and doctors have tried their level best but they cannot cure it, they can only try to reduce it to a certain level.
The only thing left to do is to have faith and believe that maybe one day a miracle may happen and you become one of the normal guys.
Comment by Wahab — May 24, 2009 @ 5:51 am
I am Gaurav Magon 40 years of age suffering from Stammering from the last 40 years.
I have tried every thing from Allopathy,Homeopathy, Ayurvedic, Speech therapy.
But all failed to cure my Stammering.
Can you help me, I will be really Greatful to you.
Waiting for Your Reply.
Comment by GAURAV MAGON — June 5, 2009 @ 5:08 am
Dear sir,
I’m suffering from stammering from my childhood now i’m at 22,day by day my stammer is increasing pls give me so tips 2 avoid sammering.
Comment by Divagar — June 9, 2009 @ 10:59 am
Deal All,
Pls send me ur email adress, i got some usefulinformation to stop stammering or email me…banger.sandeep@gmail.com
Comment by Sandeep — June 10, 2009 @ 3:13 am
hi .i am atanu 4m bangalore india,i am suffering from stammering from class 5.when ever i get excited it started to stammer,now i had lost my job due to this,so pls help me out to cure.
Comment by atanu biswas — June 16, 2009 @ 11:01 am
hye…i’m sufeering stammer but not frequently happen…i started to stammer when it comes to public speking and presentation…is it becouse i’m nervous???i spoke better with my friend n famaly..even when i spoke on phone,its ok..please help me!!
thank you very much!!
Comment by mobile — June 17, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
sir m a student having problem since my childhood i am in trading sector in which one needs to convince since i am a stammerer people take me as a stupid but i am having excellent academic record please help me out so that you can save one more life
Comment by harshvardhan — July 1, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
all guys,
Please mail me at celalit@gmail.com
Comment by Lalit — July 2, 2009 @ 11:26 pm
sir,i started stammering at the age of 12 yrs onwards,,now i m 22 yrs…sir can u give me a remedy for this problem??
Comment by siddhartha — July 4, 2009 @ 10:05 am
pls,sir i have been a stammerer for some time now, and presently i am 22yrs.please sir, what can i do to stop this? its athorn in my flesh. please helpppppppppp
Comment by chidi — July 10, 2009 @ 10:02 am
respected sir,
my name is prabhu swami , i am doing Ph.D. in chemistry, sir i tried very much therpy but my practice is not regular, so i cant control on my speech .
Thanks and regrads
swami prabhuling
Nanded
maharashtra
Comment by swami prabhuling — July 15, 2009 @ 10:29 am
go to google, and search this “DAF FAF Assistant”/
Download this program and install it on your computer…
this produces a delayed audio of your own voice and tricks your brain into thinking that someone else is speaking and thus reduces stuttering to a great extent….
try it…
Comment by Wahab — July 19, 2009 @ 1:38 am
hye…i’m sufeering stammer but not frequently happen…i started to stammer when it comes to public speking and presentation…is it becouse i’m nervous???i spoke better with my friend n famaly..even when i spoke on phone,its ok..please help me!!
Comment by sushmita — July 19, 2009 @ 2:21 am
i’m sufeering stammer but not frequently happen…i have started to stammer when it comes to public speking and presentation…is it becouse i’m nervous???and when i say “yes sir” in class that time also this happen ;;i spoke better with my friend n famaly..even when i spoke on phone,its ok..please help me
Comment by Rahul — July 22, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
I wanted to get rid of this stammering problem…. plz help me
Comment by Mayank — July 23, 2009 @ 8:42 am
hello sir ,i am suffeering from stammering problem.i just pass out B.tech.i stammer alot when i talk to a unknown person but speak well in front of mirror.help me pls
Comment by sandeep — July 26, 2009 @ 9:34 am
hello,
is there any stammerer in mumbai… i too a stammerer.lets meet and discuss… we can cure it. I got confidence… and my stammering had reduced….. so friends lets mee call or mail sadhak.mandal@gmail.com or 9702403366
Comment by sadhak — August 13, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
from my small itself it was started it was generation problem ……………..plz tell the medicine or the way to cure……….. i am now doing my final year mechanical engineering…………………………..plz tell the treatment…………..
Comment by prabakaran — August 22, 2009 @ 5:06 am
hello hi its sharjeel here from london.i suffer from stammering……….sometimes it just vanished out completely.plz tell me how to cure it.
call or mail 07531015537
Comment by sharjeel — August 25, 2009 @ 2:25 pm
Hi,
sadhak from mumbai. I also stammer .But please dont loose confident my dear friends. I have seen a lot of people stammer.But remember we have to overcome this and the main thing in this is confident …… Is there any stammerer from mumbai…… please email me at sadhak.mandal@gmail.com or call me at +919702403366.WE will overcome this bad habits………
Comment by sadhak mandal — August 25, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
Stammering or Stuttering cure centre in Bangalore is run by Mr. Partha.
Partha had organized a similar workshop in Mumbai before he went and settled down to Bangalore. This was like 7 years back and I had taken enrolled myself for the whole course in Mumbai. At first I saw a ray of hope when I was being introduced by his training material like vowel elongation, Long lengthening reading and short lengthening reading techniques. The long lengthening speaking technique calls for a person to take some fresh air through mouth before reading and read each and every word in a rythm and the only difference in short lengthening is you need to elongate the first sound of every word taking in little air from mouth before speaking. Partha claims this will naturally enable a good speaking habit and change the old stammering style.
I can tell you I practiced this day and night sincerely and after some days the effect went and I came back to my old stammering style again even then I kept on practicing this like crazy but it does not help at all.
Partha claims you can speak like this to the outside world with the short lengthening technique, I can tell you confidently you cannot use the rhythmic way of talking like that, i once tried and people were answering me in the same way.
Then he has the mirror, meditation techniques which are not beneficial either. Nobody was benefited from his workshop. I’m not a severe stutterer but there were many severe stutterers who had come with great hope and his workshop didn’t help anyone in spite of everyone sincerely practicing every techniques in his course and practicing even after having a setback but nothing helped.
I don’t know how does he claim he can cure stammering when the goal for stammerers should be to overcome it. Probably I think he saw more earning potential in this than he would if he continued to work as a Chartered Accountant.
Comment by Betada huve — August 30, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
sir
i am 24 years old .am completed B.E i have problem in stammering.
any medicine to cure stammering
plz help me
Comment by rahman — September 2, 2009 @ 2:43 am
i am 24 years old .. i have a stammering problem
any medicine to cure
plz help me
Comment by rahman — September 2, 2009 @ 2:48 am
i am a stammer.pls help me to cure
Comment by subhasis — September 5, 2009 @ 9:49 am
hi dr. i have been stammering since my birth as per i know and now i have grown up and iam really really fed up of this habit and i really want a cure for this and im sure that u can absolutely help me with this plz dr. really i need ur help
Comment by jaspreet — September 5, 2009 @ 1:56 pm
hello i am suffering from stammering from a very log time but now i have overcome from it to a great extent just when some one asks my name instantly i could not reply what should i do???
Comment by himanshu — September 6, 2009 @ 9:54 am
I use to stammer occasionally and on specific words and face a lot of problem so plz do help me.
Comment by GURU — September 26, 2009 @ 2:00 am
I have stammering problem . usually i stuck when i speak to some one … i am very nervous please help me..
my cell number – 09920070920
Comment by vaseem ahmed — September 28, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
hello………. sir i m suffring from stammering problem since my chilhood till now a days can u please help me to cure my problem
Comment by SIDDHARTH SHARMA — September 30, 2009 @ 4:35 am
HI all MUmbai stammerer….
I am also a stammerer but i overcome it at many times.I want we all should meet and discuss it.. its only need confidence and good practice at every words that we speak.so u can contact me at sadhak.mandal@gmail.com or 9702403366
Comment by sadhak mandal — September 30, 2009 @ 6:31 am
Sir,
I am 33 years old, and have a serious problem of stammering. My family is not so rich, they believe that i will one day support them. But my continous stammering is affecting my life. Please help me out. please give me any yoga from I cure this dangerous disease. for this stammer I cannot marrige, or settled my future life. so I can remember suicide sometimes. my phone no. 919932468557, e-mail : bablujana@gmail.com
I will be very grateful to you if you will help me. May God bless you.
Comment by swapan kumar ajan — October 6, 2009 @ 2:14 am
hi sir… im suffering from stammering… im an 18-year-old girl and i have so much things that i couldnt have dont because of stammering… please please help me cure this problem
Comment by Trang Nguyen — October 10, 2009 @ 3:03 am
Hello Sir…
I’m 24 a Bsc n lookin forward for a Masters degree..
But, I have a stammerin problem…
I have ruined my career cuz o dat…
Please help me cure this..
Please reply me…
Akaash
+91-9860097260
Comment by Akaash — October 18, 2009 @ 5:17 am
hello Sir<i am 20 years old boy.i am suferring from last 20 yrs. i didnt get many things bcoz of stammering.plz help me.plz reply me.
Comment by Bharath — October 26, 2009 @ 4:00 am
Bharath and others, you do realize you’re waiting for a reply from a magazine article written over 69 years ago?
Comment by Firebrand38 — October 26, 2009 @ 11:33 am
I am a collllege student and facing the same problem.I am very jooly sort of person ,wants to laugh ,talk non stop,make other laugh but…………………………I am very much tense because of it ,I nfact I am in complex as I feel this as something missing in me .IF there is any one who can help me ,even guide me a bit I ll be great to HIM. plzzzzzzzzzzz
Comment by ADEE — October 26, 2009 @ 6:33 pm