“Is there a cure for stuttering?”
My husband has been stuttering since his childhood. He has now started a business and finds it hard to communicate, now that he is specifically focusing on his speech. This is affecting his confidence. Is there anything he can do about this at his age? He's 46.
19 Answers
There is no cure technically for stuttering as the many causes are not
completely understood. However, through collaboration with an experienced
speech pathologist, adults and children who stutter can develop very
effective compensatory strategies to communicate effectively and
confidently .
completely understood. However, through collaboration with an experienced
speech pathologist, adults and children who stutter can develop very
effective compensatory strategies to communicate effectively and
confidently .
A person who stutters, will always stutter, but can learn strategies to smooth the speech to a point where the average listener doesn't even realize that a stuttering event occurred. There are tricks that SLPs teach to reduce the stuttering events and pull out of them easily when they occur.
Your husband would be an excellent candidate for speech therapy from a certified speech-language pathologist. You may look in your area for an SLP that works with adults or check out my page at www.teletn.com if you live in TN or AL.
Your husband would be an excellent candidate for speech therapy from a certified speech-language pathologist. You may look in your area for an SLP that works with adults or check out my page at www.teletn.com if you live in TN or AL.
Thank you for your inquiry. I'm sorry to hear your husband's confidence has been affected by his stuttering. However, there is hope. With speech therapy services, your husband can learn how to better manage his stuttering. There are fluency enhancing and stuttering modification techniques a speech therapist can teach him to utilize when communicating.
There are strategies that can be implemented to increase his fluency when communicating. Consulting with a speech language pathologist would be helpful in starting the process!
Good Morning,
Without knowing many specifics, I will do my best to respond to your question. Yes, your husband could seek professional support from a speech language pathologist. The SLP can do a complete evaluation. Therapy can be effective to decrease the episodes and/or severity of a stutter. It is quite common to see stuttering impact confidence. I would encourage him to seek therapy. The Stuttering Foundation is a good resource as well for adults seeking advice and support.
Best,
Holly
Without knowing many specifics, I will do my best to respond to your question. Yes, your husband could seek professional support from a speech language pathologist. The SLP can do a complete evaluation. Therapy can be effective to decrease the episodes and/or severity of a stutter. It is quite common to see stuttering impact confidence. I would encourage him to seek therapy. The Stuttering Foundation is a good resource as well for adults seeking advice and support.
Best,
Holly
You can look up fluency strategies online such as easy onset, sound prolongation, appropriate breathing groups, and look up techniques for him to apply. The main thing will be him applying strategies to everyday conversations that make his speech more fluent!
Yes, there are definitely techniques that will help him improve his communication skills. It is not instant improvement, but slow growth. Depending on the severity of the case, the amount of improvement can vary. The movie "The King’s Speech" is a good example of this. I have had success with this type of problem.
Good luck, and I hope your husband can find help.
Best wishes.
Good luck, and I hope your husband can find help.
Best wishes.
Hello. There is no "cure" for stuttering, however with speech therapy, there are modifications and tools that can be used to help your husband communicate more effectively. I would recommend contacting a speech therapist and looking into speech therapy. I hope this helps!
While there is no cure, there are many strategies and techniques that can help to minimize the stutter. One technique he may want to try is delayed auditory feedback and working with a fluency specialist.
There is no cure for stuttering. Speech therapy can help decrease his disfluencies and his improve his perspective of stuttering.
There are mechanisms and therapeutic approaches to treat stuttering. Contact a speech therapy office that works with adults and seek an evaluation. I am sure an SLP can help him.
There are a multitude of strategies he can practice in order to help reduce his disfluencies. Techniques include easy onset breathing, Easy Voice, Light Contact, and Stretched Speech.
Hi there,
An SLP can help your husband with strategies to manage his stuttering. His age does not matter.
An SLP can help your husband with strategies to manage his stuttering. His age does not matter.
Cara M. Gelbart
Speech-Language Pathologist
Hello. There is not a "cure" for stuttering. There are a number of strategies which can be taught for impoving stuttering as well as preventing it from occurring and repairing stuttering moments. Adults are often highly motivated, and can do very well in stuttering therapy.
There’s many different factors that can effect stuttering. Have him see an SLP experienced in stuttering. There are absolutely some things they can work on that can aid in reducing stuttering, even at the young age of 46!
Syed S. Ahmed
Speech-Language Pathologist
I would consult a Speech Pathologist
Terlenda Lassiter
Speech-Language Pathologist
Hello. Before I begin my response to your question, please note I am a medical speech language pathologist. We are required to complete a Bachelor's, Master's, 9-month externship, and then apply for certification. While we are trained specialist within the domain of medicine and healthcare, we are not physicians. I am not a doctor.
Now, the beautiful thing about brain plasticity and speech language pathology services is that there is no age restriction! When I was in graduate school, it was drilled into our heads "there is no known cause nor cure for stuttering." What we have found in research is that some individuals have been found to be more fluent when working with auditory feedback or singing. There is definitely something he can do. I encourage you and your husband to find a Board Certified in Fluency Speech Language Pathologist in your area and get an evaluation and initiate some services. Being a great communicator is not necessarily about being 100% fluent; whom among us really is? I have had a few fillers and interjections (i.e., uh, er, etc.) myself in the midst of conversation! So, he can work on both presenting himself as a strong communicator as well as techniques to smooth the "bumpy" speech that may occur during higher verbal demand situations.
Now, the beautiful thing about brain plasticity and speech language pathology services is that there is no age restriction! When I was in graduate school, it was drilled into our heads "there is no known cause nor cure for stuttering." What we have found in research is that some individuals have been found to be more fluent when working with auditory feedback or singing. There is definitely something he can do. I encourage you and your husband to find a Board Certified in Fluency Speech Language Pathologist in your area and get an evaluation and initiate some services. Being a great communicator is not necessarily about being 100% fluent; whom among us really is? I have had a few fillers and interjections (i.e., uh, er, etc.) myself in the midst of conversation! So, he can work on both presenting himself as a strong communicator as well as techniques to smooth the "bumpy" speech that may occur during higher verbal demand situations.
I would reach out to our governing body at ASHA (American Speech and Hearing Association) and see if you can find a clinician who focuses on Dysfluencies/Stuttering. You don’t want him to go to just any clinician. But in the right hands, he can be given strategies to help him in dysfluently challenging times. In the wrong hands it will feel like a waste of time and money. But there are SLP’s who are specialists - who can help him see a difference fairly quickly. He can be helped!
I pray that this was helpful!
I pray that this was helpful!
Tara Helwig
Speech-Language Pathologist
There isn’t a cure for stuttering. But, stuttering therapy can be worked on in speech-language therapy as we use various techniques and teach those that stutter how to minimize it.
