Stuttering CAN and DOES ruin people's lives. There are many scientific studies that indicate it. Please note only a small number of studies are posted on this site.
Opp, K.L., Hayden, P.A., & Cottrell, G.T., in Stuttering and Employment: A survey report, Annual Convention of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Boston, MA (1997) have done a large number of surveys among people who stutter. The results were astonishing. By the way, the severity of stuttering did not seem to matter.
These surveys reported that people who stutter have high rates of unemployment, discrimination in attaining employment, and the lack of promotions because of the fact that they stutter.
Perhaps, the most alarming studies were scientific studies that were done in 1983. According to all subsequent scientific studies, it is doubtful that things have changed for the better today.
Hurst, M.I. & Cooper, E.B., Employer attitudes toward stuttering, Journal of Fluency Disorders, B, 1-12 (1983) surveyed a large number of employers.
Amazingly, 85% of all employers who answered those surveys stated that stuttering decreases a person's employability and opportunities to be promoted on a job.
Hurst, M.I. & Cooper, E.B., were so intrigued by these findings that they conducted another scientific study. The results can be found in Vocational rehabilitation counselors' attitudes toward stuttering, Journal of Fluency Disorders, 8, 13-27 (1983).
Vocational rehabilitation counselors who participated in this study all agreed that stuttering was vocationally handicapping.
What is currently going on with the field of speech pathology is alarming too. Basically, there is NOTHING really going on in terms of developing new and effective stuttering therapies. Please answer several questions that are as follow:
"Have you ever gone through a program without seeing any positive results whatsoever in terms of reduction? Did you blame yourself afterwards for not being able to keep up with the assignments?" I know that I have plenty of times. When some stuttering program has not worked for me despite my best efforts, I thought of it as my personal failure. This cannot be further from the truth. I would like you to know that your speech disorder program has failed, but you did not fail. What makes me say it?
Almost every stuttering therapy program or so-called cure that I have come across asked the person to enter more speaking situations than he or she was able to handle either during or after it. In order for any program to be successful, it has to be simple and doable. What is worse is that the same speech therapy has never provided you with necessary tools that are needed to handle its assignments.
This is a very complex and hard disorder to try to manage. It's not only your physical speech block, it is also your fears, anxiety, panic, tension, avoidance behaviors, why you feel the way you do, and many other emotions and feelings that you are not even consciously aware of. This is a large part of this problem. Thus, this disorder is a lot more than many programs are willing or are capable of addressing today. Listen, you can prolong it all you want, but you will be only successful at keeping this problem to a minimum in your therapist's office. The main reason is because although you were trying to treat your physical aspect of stuttering with various speech techniques, many other aspects were left untreated. These additional aspects are the ones that have caused you to have that relapse right after you have finished your program. Ultimately, the problems begin when you step into a real world.
It is well-known that when you have this problem, it can be very resistant to any form of treatment. Also, it can appear that there are no tools to handle all aspects of this problem. Why can't you handle your fear or anxiety with some technique or exercise that your therapist may provide you with? The main reason is because your fear or anxiety is much stronger than any technique or exercise you may use before or during your speaking situation. Often, your fears, anxiety, and avoidance behaviors are very deeply rooted and were "rehearsed" by you almost all your life. After reading this paragraph, do you really think that you can handle your panic, for instance, with some technique that your doctor may give you? Almost always, he does not even have anything to offer you when it comes to dealing with your panic, feelings of helplessness, and your fear of speaking. Consequently, we must look at our modern medicine and alternative medicine for the answers. When you push yourself to speak out after your stammering, a relapse is sure to occur even if you have made some speech improvements during your stuttering therapy program.
What are some advantages of using this program? There are quite a few of those that I will briefly mention. You do not have to leave home to benefit from it. You will save money because you do not have to visit alternative medicine practitioners. One visit to someone who practices homeopathy can cost you $100-150 US dollars. Some charge $500 US dollars per initial appointment. Now, think about how much it will cost you to see a few alternative medicine practitioners who specialize in different areas. The trip to see a hypnotist, for instance, can cost you $150 US dollars. You will not have these expenses with this program. Also, you will realize benefits pretty quickly. Since this program explains how to use natural remedies from different alternative medicine therapies in combination, the benefits will "come" from many different remedies almost immediately.
I want you to know that the best therapy or cure, is the one that you will give yourself. My stuttering program will provide you with necessary tools for dealing effectively with virtually every aspect of your problem simultaneously. This program will guide you through using a combination of the best remedies that were taken from a few alternative medicine programs. This program will not include any speech techniques that you are used to know. In fact, this program does not even have any speech exercises. It will be something that you probably have not tried ever before.
Moreover, this program makes all things very simple and doable for you. We will not ask you to enter any speaking situations. You will enter them when you feel you are ready. This therapy
will never push you to do something you are not ready to do. This does not require a lot of time investment on your part. Moreover, this will not involve spending a lot of money on your treatment. What I also like about this stuttering program and really helps, is that you do not even need to leave home to take advantage of all alternative medicine tools that I will be asking you to use in the program. Most importantly, you may never be able to achieve similar results in terms of treating all symptoms any other way. This can be your help and your cure for stammering.
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Stuttering Medications
Experiments with Stuttering Treatment
Stuttering Disability and Employment
Stuttering, Stuttering Therapy and Dating
Stuttering Therapies
Natural Stuttering Therapy Explored
Does Stuttering Device Minimize Stuttering Disability?
Traditional Stuttering Therapy, Career Fairs and No Employment
Stuttering Cures-Treatment Methods Explored
