PLEASE READ!!!!Potential Cure!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sup2u]

Someone posted this book this guy wrote here a couple of weeks ago. I just got around to reading it and it enthralled me. He has this method called the air flow method. It works! I've been trying it!!! i'll send the link!!!! Please read chapter 9!!!!
http://www.stuttering.com/book.html

[Asif]

Very interesting reading.
Chapter nine is so obvious that we easily dismiss it as too easy. But it is always a case of "keep it simple". I acheived the same results after months of meditation and deep, slow breathing. When we stop breathing and let the universe breathe us, then we enter a whole different realm of existence.
Speech is slow, clear and easy.
It is just keeping it that way, under the stresses of modern living, that continues to be difficult.
The technique in the book DOES work. And it is important enough to devote any amount of time to practicing it.
Asif.

[Sup2u]

I tried the passive airflow technique today at school and it seriously worked! I was so happy! I was able to say things with ease that I'd never dream of saying in front of a class. Like "dependent" and "momentum". Whats getting me with the teqnique is what if the word u have problems with is in the middle of the sentence? What do you do then?

[HSN]

Can anyone describe the application of the technique in his/her own words. I have the book mentioned, though. But didn't get it that you fool your brain that you are not going to talk but engaged in another quite exhalation, seems odd to me. And the concept of guarding against pushing or holding the flow is puzzling for me.

[sid2005]

Hi I am new to this forum and i think the only way we can tackle stammering is with the support of each other. First i would like to say that i think there is no cure for stammering, it is like the search for the holy grail.

The key is in acceptance that we stammer and will stammer for the rest of our lives but that we through hard work can get to the stage where we choose where, when and how we stammer.

Has anyone read the work of joe sheehan and charles van riper. they promote the use of voluntary stammering, stammering on purpose.

This has an effect of helping you reduce the pressure that you feel when you try to avoid stuttering and enable you to handle your speech more effectivelywhen in speaking situations.

Lets not go for fluency to fast cause we will fall flat on our facial contortions.

[Asif]

Acceptance is necessary, yes.
We stutter: that's not going to magically change.
Since stuttering makes us insecure in social situations, we tend to stutter more, and feel ever more insecure. Breaking this chain is what counts.
Self esteem is a phrase I dislike, but that is what we need most.
Am I OK? Well, AM I?
I still stutter, but I can live with it now, and it's nothing like the millstone it once was.
And you know what? I'm a far nicer person than I once was.
That's not to say I'm not still a jerk sometimes, but I'm not so MUCH of one:)
Good stuff Sid: thanks for your input.
Asif.

[pfisterer2005]

Hi.

I´m brand new to this forum. It´s bad some of you consider there´s no cure for stuttering... I still fell very depressed about my own and I need to change myself. I´ll keep trying over and over again.

Have you guys tried any of these books?

- Understanding & Controlling Stuttering (William D. Parry)
- Comprehensive Stuttering Therapy (Phillip J. Roberts)

These authors seemed to stutter once, and they got cured. Why can´t we???????

The second book has 30 exercises that maybe will help you stop stammering...
But I will only buy it if someone tells me that he/she has already read it, practiced the exercises time enough and got big results...

Hope someone did! :)

[HSN]

Someone posted this book this guy wrote here a couple of weeks ago. I just got around to reading it and it enthralled me. He has this method called the air flow method. It works! I've been trying it!!! i'll send the link!!!! Please read chapter 9!!!!
http://www.stuttering.com/book.html
Hello every one reading this msg. Ive been trying many kind of therapies and excercises since 1994. After the trial and error, triumps and defeats I conclude to the best of my knowledge and satisfaction that the most effective kind of therapy/exercise routines are 1. Neuropatterning for stutterers http://members.aol.com/rharkn/index.htm
You can buy the home couse for $ 100 or so. A must have if you stutter! (I bought it for $ 100 a few years back)

And
The Passive air flow technique by Dr. Martin F. Schwartz
http://www.stuttering.com/
and the best news here is that shortly the centre is planning to offer a home training course on DVD's which is quite affordable at $ 200 as compared to regular couse for $ 2100!
As for me I'm in contact with the renowned Dr. eager to be the first customer of the home course!

And if any one likes to take any medication "Olanzapine" (a total max of 10-15 mg daily dose) is the best bet to date until the trials of a new drug "Pagoclone" are over later this year.

PS: The thoughts brought forth above do not mean that I recommend or advocate these coueses and/or drug to be purchased. But rather I find them the most beneficial in my specific case of PDA (Persistant Developmental Stuttering). Which is of couse the most common form of stuttering disorder.

Replies would be truly welcomed...........

[HSN]

hello asif I happen to be in the UK at the moment and I am quite interested in meeting you. plz do contact me at 07880544509. I am having bad times in fluency these days so, u know what to do when making a call.

[USAFNCO]

Sup2u,

Slide into the word: aaapple.

USAFNCO (Retired) :cool:

[Perad]

hello asif I happen to be in the UK at the moment and I am quite interested in meeting you. plz do contact me at 07880544509. I am having bad times in fluency these days so, u know what to do when making a call.

where in the UK are you from?

[Perad]

Its interesting, i finally got around to reading this, well start reading i should say, i started on chapter 8 and thought i would read out aloud, mainly just to see how bad my speech was when alone.

I stuttered about once every 2 sentances, these stutters constituted either a small block or repetition but nothing major.

After reading chapter 9, i continued on to 10 and concentrated on my breathing. Much to my surprise all of the little blocks had gone. I read the whole of chapter 10 without stuttering once. Now of course i have a sore throat because i was speaking for so long. But it just shows how this is a step in the right direction.

If you can master speaking fluently by yourself then this provides a platform to speak fluently everywhere. Of course currently i know that if i tried this outside i would stutter just as badly as i did this morning, this is because i haven't properly practiced the technique yet.

I do have high hopes for this though, with enough practice and slowly forcing my self to employ it in multiple situations i do think my speech will get back to what it was about a month ago before my relapse.

I'm going to properly give this a go and practice every day for the next few weeks, i will keep you updated on how i do.

[Vermillion]

Don't believe the hype.

[Perad]

Don't believe the hype.

Thats nice and ominous, is there a reason for this?

[HSN]

I am residing in Slough. Where are you from?
Good to hear from you.
Cheers!

[HSN]

Its interesting, i finally got around to reading this, well start reading i should say, i started on chapter 8 and thought i would read out aloud, mainly just to see how bad my speech was when alone.

I stuttered about once every 2 sentances, these stutters constituted either a small block or repetition but nothing major.

After reading chapter 9, i continued on to 10 and concentrated on my breathing. Much to my surprise all of the little blocks had gone. I read the whole of chapter 10 without stuttering once. Now of course i have a sore throat because i was speaking for so long. But it just shows how this is a step in the right direction.

If you can master speaking fluently by yourself then this provides a platform to speak fluently everywhere. Of course currently i know that if i tried this outside i would stutter just as badly as i did this morning, this is because i haven't properly practiced the technique yet.

I do have high hopes for this though, with enough practice and slowly forcing my self to employ it in multiple situations i do think my speech will get back to what it was about a month ago before my relapse.

I'm going to properly give this a go and practice every day for the next few weeks, i will keep you updated on how i do.
Yes it really works I've also tried it and practised for more than 3 months. But at the end I felt that some thing was missing! It's quite understandable. Why would anyone give his PRODUCT to the CUSTOMERS free of charge??
Every thing IS in the book EXCEPT the crucial points!
As I wrote earlier I do believe that the passive air flow is the most logical, effective method of stuttering therapy so I'm gonna purchase the home DVD course which ll be out shortly.
Did my reply provoke some thoughts??? :eek:

[USAFNCO]

Hello All,

When I went to speech therapy at the University of Arizona in 1996. I was introduced to a method called "Smooth Speech" which is made up of four parts. The first is airlow, inhale and exhale then start speaking on your breath. Soft contact, go easy on the T, P, C, and other hard consontants. Next is rate, the average persons speaks at 160 syllables per minute, I speak at 180 spm. Slow you rate of speech down to a comfortable speed. Last is pitch, try not to sound montone.

USAFNCO (Retired) :cool:

[Sup2u]

What is the "sssssssssssslide technique"? From how it has been described it sounds like it would call more attention to the stutering.
iiiiiiiiiiiiif people talked like that.

[USAFNCO]

The slide technique or soft contact is used when you feel yourself blocking. It allows the air to flow first, then you can form your word or sound. You can also use it to pull yourself out of a block. The slide technique is only voiced for a short time, approximately a second or two. I use it all the time, I would rather do that, than make all kinds of animalistic sounds and bodily cortortions that would rival a world class gymnast :)

I don't know how you feel about stuttering, I despise it. But, I feel you have to face it. We can't run from it, we have to face our giants and defeat them.

Hope this helps,

USAFNCO (Retired)