Dont you think you are too old to stutter? Well, believe it or not, some people who are already adults still have this problem.
While many young children are able to outgrow stuttering with or without treatment, this is different for adults because this has already been going on for many years. But this doesnt mean you should give up because there are some people who do with a little modification in the techniques used. But there is a danger because adults who get used to it may soon experience a relapse.
This brings the important question. Should practitioners who are teaching adults focus on how to help the clients improve their speech or should they help the client accept the fact that this is permanent.
Some experts will go one way while others will go with the other. The more challenging one is improving ones fluency because this involves speech modification. Examples of these include easier beginnings, fluency shaping, prolonged speech and reduced speaking rate as well as pausing.
If you want to accept stuttering, a very popular technique is called stuttering modification therapy. It is done in four stages namely identification,...