Stuttering

is one that demonstrates that there are multiple factors (which is why it can also be called a multifactorial treatment model) that aid in maintaining or triggering a child’s stutter. The model reaffirms indirect intervention’s assumption that “stuttering occurs when demands for fluency outweigh a child’s capacity.” (Blomgren, 2013) Clinicians, when using this method, use the help of the parents and their own assessment of the child to determine whether or not the demands are internal or…

today’s media hopefully give people who stutter hope that society will start to understand what they go through on a daily basis, be more patient and understanding of a person who stutters. I think many lay people do not understand the concept of stuttering and that it is not something that can be “fixed” or something someone can simply chose to not…

Megan Washington first confessed to having a speech impairment in 2014 at a TedX conference in Sydney. She had grown up with her parents and sister, living in Papua New Guinea since her birth in 1986. At the age of 10 Washington moved to Brisbane with her family where she spent most of her highschool years. Within this period of her life Megan Washington developed a stutter, which she hid from the world as she followed her dreams to become a world known singer. Her speech is being presented at a…

experiencing. However, what about medical disorders that aren’t always visually saw, but can be heard? Stuttering is a medical condition that affects roughly 8.5% of children by the age of three (Krader 23). While that might not seem to be a significant amount of children to some, to the parents of those children, stuttering can be an intimidating and often discouraging experience. It’s important that when stuttering occurs that the cause of the affliction be determined. There are three primary…

As a child I have often wondered why it is that my peers stutter, knowing that stuttering makes speech very difficult and was often associated with stigmatization. Stuttering is a complex topic and my understanding of it is still unknown. It appears as though it is not only me, but many scientists and researchers are finding the neurological basis very difficult to explain and are giving various reasons as to why they believe people stutter. Stutter, “Also called stammering or childhood-onset…

Secondary features are all too familiar to a stutterer. Secondary features are unrelated to speech production; however, many stutterers believe that these features will help them reduce or eliminate the stutter. Examples of secondary features are escape and avoidance behaviors. An escape behavior is a specific behavior that the stutterer believes will reduce or eliminate the stuttered moment. Examples of escape behaviors are shaking your head, widening your eyes, or twitching your shoulder…

1. Chapter 8: What are the secondary/overt/concomitant stuttering behaviors that are audible? How would you go about treating a student that exhibited these behaviors? (Page 205) In general, stuttering is a speech disorder that that is portrayed by two or more disturbances that can include silent blocks, sound prolongations, broken words, etc. Secondary/overt/concomitant stuttering behaviors occur as the individual is stuttering and are displayed as unnecessary sounds and facial/body…

There is nothing as important as the train station, and the places I’ve gone because of it when it comes to overcoming stuttering. I swung my backpack over my left shoulder and went up to the glass window. My voice clenched up, but I approached the counter anyway. “Can I have round trip tickets to ththth...thirtieth street station?” The station clerk nodded before I finished and handed me tickets to center-city Philadelphia. I left the ticket office and motioned to a station clerk. “Which…

Hoagland’s “On Stuttering” This essay was exceedingly interesting; at the heart of this essay, is a person who has struggled with a physical impediment, but has still managed to lead a fairly normal life. Although He struggled with the impediment to the point of not voicing his own opinion, Edward Hoagland adapted to his impediment and was able to overcome the struggles he faced everyday. Some disabilities can leave people trapped inside their own body. The individual can not voice their…

My best friend Olivia changed her name every time she made dinner reservations. Some days she was Jessica, other days she was Samantha, and sometimes she was simply Lynn. Why? She had a speech disorder. . . Stuttering. According to Olivia, in order to avoid stuttering, she changed her name to what ever seemed easier to say at the moment. I met Olivia towards the end of my second year at the University of California, Riverside, and I wish I would have met her before because she is the reason why…