Myths and truths about stuttering

• May 5, 2024

The winner for best film at The Academy Awards "The king's speech" reveals truths and clears some myths about a speech difficulty which is generally known as tsordidness .

Stuttering is not classified as a disease, it is a problem that often appears from children and that is treated with language therapy . It is more common among men and is characterized by involuntary barriers in speech, which generate repetitions , extra sounds in a conversation and brainstorming .

Like the character of King George VI, played by actor Colin Firfh, stutterers have no mental problems, nor are they deaf. In the film stuttering is caused by a problem of anxiety and depression (it is more attached to the psychological side), by the pressure that the king has lived throughout his life.

"Before the age of 6, the recovery of fluency in speech it is possible in 100% of the cases from the current treatment ", affirmed the speech therapist Beatriz Biain de Touzen, honorary president of the Asociación Argentina de Tartamudez for the newspaper El Clarín.

Myths about stuttering

The American Stuttering Foundation reveals some myths about this condition of speech.

Myth: the people who stutter are not smart .Reality: There is no relationship that links stuttering with intelligence.

Myth : the nerves cause stutteringReality: the nerves do not cause stuttering. Nor should we believe that people who stutter are prone to experiencing nerves, fear, anxiety or embarrassment. They have the same personality characteristics as those people who do not stutter.

Myth: stuttering can be "incorporated" by imitation or by listening to another person stutter.

Reality: stuttering can not be "incorporated". No one yet knows the exact cause of stuttering, but recent studies indicate that the family history (genetics), neuromuscular development and the child's environment, including family dynamics, play an important role in the onset of stuttering.

Myth: help tell the person that "Take a deep breath before speaking" , or "think what you want to say before doing it"Reality: This advice only makes the person more aware, making the stuttering more severe. The answer that can help the most is to listen patiently and achieve slow and clear speech modeling.

Myth: the stress causes stutteringReality: c As we mentioned earlier, there are several complex factors that are involved. Stress is not the cause, but it can surely aggravate stuttering.

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