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Prevent Stuttering
Prevention from Stuttering
You cannot always prevent stuttering. Even though speech therapists and medical practitioners have been researching this problem for quite some time, still they have not been able to find out a way by which stuttering can be completely stopped or prevented. However, research has shown that most people experience stuttering as an emotional response. If you are able to control your emotions and have more rational responses to them, you will be able to prevent the condition completely. It is important to separate speech from emotions as the mixing of the two is what causes stuttering in the first place.
If stuttering runs in your family, it is important to ensure that you take care of it before it becomes a problem for you. You may be able to perform some oral exercises that can help you gain more control over your speech. There are some other simple techniques such as reading in front of a mirror that can also help you gain more control over this problem.
References
- 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.
- 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.