by Dr. Sajiv Adlakha (renowned speech therapist)

Speech is learnt behaviour, says Dr. Sajiv Adlakha, and therefore, any such disorders can be modified by therapy. Dr. Adlakha runs speech and hearing clinics (more…)

by Ashutosh

Our world is rapidly growing and its effects are showing on our life. As our life becomes faster and faster, we strain our mind and body. This changes our way of functioning of both mind and body. Stammering is also a problem which is also caused due to this. The reason being – trying to communicate fast. (more…)

by Bennet Gross

Talk is cheap, they say.
Not if you stutter, I say.

Not if each syllable is an abyss to cross,
And every word takes an eternity to utter.
It seems that way,
Eternity I mean. (more…)

by Matt Goodman

What does it mean to be a stutterer?
Can’t talk, can’t speak, and can’t communicate.
I go through more pain than you will ever know.
My life has been a hard one,
filled with pain, and sorrow, and disgust. (more…)

by Tupper, 1861

Come, I will show thee an affliction
Unnumbered among the world’s sorrows,
Yet real and wearisome and constant,
embittering the cup of life.
There be who can think within themselves,
yet they speak not with their tongue:
There be those whom zeal quickeneth,
or slander stirreth to reply, (more…)

by Malcolm Fraser, Founder, The Stuttering Foundation, USA

Therapy must be practiced full-time to be successful. You must feel that you are on the right track and you must be committed to putting the program into practice. Plan your work well, then work your plan harder than you have ever worked before. (more…)

For starters, you must learn to distinguish between normal non-fluency and the onset of stuttering. When a child is going through the normal stage of non-fluency (see earlier), the best thing you can do is to do nothing.Most toddlers use ums and ahs and repeat words or syllables until they learn to speak. Repeating whole words is not necessarily a sign of stuttering. So it’s all right if you child says, “I want to go and-and-and play in the park.” (more…)

No particular difficulties are universal; each individual has his own stumbling blocks. On the whole, consonants like ‘m,p,b,t,d,k’ and ‘g’ create blocks, whereas sounds like ‘f’ and ‘s’ result in prolongations. The stutterer with above average intelligence quickly learns to avoid word knots and to use synonyms so that no mishaps occur – in the process often acquiring a vast vocabulary. (more…)

Its great to be working on your speech and getting over mental blocks, but its equally important to enjoy the journey. Without the fun of getting to know the roads to take while reaching fluency, you would be more like a sailor slaving on his boat, but only celebrating the destination. Each success needs to be savored, enjoyed and noted in the mind - before starting on the next challenge. The more you do this, the more you love the path .. the more you love the path, the more your passion motivates you towards the next step. (more…)

The lifetime prevalence, or the proportion of individuals expected to stutter at one time in their lives, is about 5%, and overall males are affected two to five times more often than females. Most stuttering begins in early childhood and according studies suggest 2.5% of children under the age of 5 stutter. The sex ratio appears to widen as children grow: among preschoolers, boys who stutter outnumber girls who stutter about two to one, or less, but widens to three to one at first grade and five to one at fifth grade, due to higher recovery rates in girls. (more…)