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What Causes People To Develop A Speech Impediment
What Causes People To Develop A Speech Impediment
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Summary:
I am one of many people who are unfortunate enough to develop a speech impediment
in childhood. This article describes why these impediments may occur and how I went
about achieving fluency. For the purpose of this article, I concentrate on the
speech impediment known as stuttering.
Keywords:
stammer, stutter, speech impediment, speech problem, stuttering, stammering,
stammering toddler
Article Body:
I am one of many people who are unfortunate enough to develop a speech impediment
in childhood. This article describes why these impediments may occur and how I went
about achieving fluency. For the purpose of this article, I concentrate on the
speech impediment known as stuttering.
There are many reasons why people may develop a stutter, it can be as a result of
bullying from school, an over aggressive member of the family, a shock reaction to
an event such as a car crash, or it could be passed down from another member of the
family who has a stutter.
I have met many people who stutter as I now help people to achieve fluency as a
career. I always ask them to talk about how and why their stutter started. The
reasons above are the type of answers I receive.
Stuttering normally originates in childhood and nine out of ten people who stutter
are men. Around 1% of the population has a stutter according to recent reports.
I have now managed to beat my stutter which had basically ruined my life for
eighteen years. When I had a stutter, I found it difficult to say certain words
beginning with certain letters. I would always avoid these words or I would think
of an alternative word to say.
After nearly a year of working and practicing very hard, I managed to overcome my
stutter, much to my relief. As a career I now help other people to achieve fluency
by running one to one speech courses from my home in Birmingham. A also offer a
self help ebook and seventy minute dvd for people who are unable to attend the
courses.