Treatment for Stuttering



The treatments for stuttering are based on the diagnosis made by the therapist. The therapist designs a behavioral treatment program. This helps the therapist teach you specific skills that can help you improve your oral communication. It can also prevents you from experiencing the physical tics that are often accompanied with stuttering. Most therapists analyze the patient's behavior and offer them simple treatment methods like monitoring the rate at which they speak. Apart from slowing down the speech, people may also learn how to control their physical cues as they are speaking. This also helps them relax. There are some simple breathing exercises which may be performed to control your breathing when you are speaking.

There are no home remedies for stuttering per se, but the therapist may be able to give you certain techniques that you can practice at home. When you are able to control the speed of your speech, physical cues and breathing, it often results in smoother speech. Another technique is to use short sentences and words so that you are able to speak both fluently and naturally. Apart from the therapy sessions, most people also require maintenance sessions.


References
  1. Pirkko Rautakoski, Therese Hannus, Susanna Simberg, N. Kenneth Sandnabba, Pekka Santtila, Genetic and environmental effects on stuttering: A twin study from Finland, Journal of Fluency Disorders, Available online 28 February 2012, ISSN 0094-730X, 10.1016/j.jfludis.2011.12.003.
  2. Gerald A. Maguire, Christopher Y. Yeh, Brandon S. Ito, Overview of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Stuttering, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, Available online 2 March 2012, ISSN 1878-3317, 10.1016/j.jecm.2012.02.001.