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Fluency of Speech - Now There is Hope!

The person suffering from stuttering often does not know what really hinders his speech.  It is not the stuttering, but rather it is a fluency disorder of which stuttering is only a side effect. Along with the stuttering, the fluency disorder has many side effects, such as prolonging syllables and sounds and pressing them, speaking fast in order to say everything before stuttering, swallowing sounds, saying syllables or words to "avoid" stuttering, quiet and mumbled speech, avoidance and shortening of speech, etc. These “side effects” are very difficult and embarrassing, especially for those who suffer from stuttering.

Stuttering to Psychological Problems

Stuttering or disturbances in speech flow begin with speech but lead to problems that cause the person who stutters to have low self-esteem, avoid communicative situations or communication in general, and isolate him/herself from society. For this reason, it was common in the past to diagnose stutterers with a psychological problem and they were treated by psychologists. Today, however, it is understood that the psychological problems of the person who stutters are caused by the stuttering and not the other way around. A PWS is stuck in a horrendous chain of events - in order to overcome the embarrassing and frustrating stuttering, he gets stressed and thus his speech difficulties get worse. He may move his legs and arms because of the stress he undergoes while trying to get one complete sentence out, but gets stuck, making it even more difficult.  You can see how this is the slippery slope a PWS faces daily. Today there is hope for people with fluency disorders. Dr. Fluency's method, which produces excellent results for people who suffer from dysfluency, teaches people a way to control how they speak instead of having their speech control them.

What is Dr. Fluency's Method?

At the Dr. Fluency Institute, people are treated by a unique approach, based on the Precision Fluency Shaping method, which was originally developed to improve speech fluency. This method was invented in the 1970s by Professor Webster from Virginia and brought to Israel by Dr. Kroll, the pioneer of the method in the world.
The Precision Fluency Shaping method of speech fluency teaches the person suffering from stuttering to speak again and maintain continuous and clear speech fluency. The method begins with the understanding that stress exacerbates stuttering, therefore stress must first be prevented and relieved. The person must be taught to breathe correctly again, to produce sounds and syllables again, and to start taking the correct steps in speaking without old stuttering habits delaying or hindering him in speaking.
The problem with the Precision Fluency Shaping method was that it did not provide tools to preserve the results over days and years where a PWS must continue practicing this method he/she learned.  It also did not teach the person, who suffers from stuttering, how to deal with the real world that awaits him on the outside.
And so one of the graduates of the treatment of the speech flow design method who went through the treatment at Hadassah Ein Kerem in the 1990s came to the conclusion that a new method should be invented. This new method would be based on close clinical supervision and daily practice at home with the help of a special computer program developed for this purpose. From that point on, Dr. Fluency was created and is the number one solution for those suffering from speech fluency disorders.

What is Actually the Principle of the Method That Overcomes Stuttering?

At the Dr. Fluency Institute, people are treated with a special method based on  the method Precision Fluency Shaping, which was originally developed to improve speech fluency. This method was  invented in the 1970s by Professor Webster from Virginia and brought to Israel by Dr. Kroll, the pioneers of the method in the world.
The Precision Fluency Shaping, method of speech fluency teaches the person suffering from stuttering to speak again and maintain a continuous and clear speech fluency. The starting point for the method was that since stuttering is also due to stress, first of all this stress must be prevented and relieved, the person must be taught to breathe correctly again, to produce sounds and syllables again, to start taking the first and correct steps in speaking, without developed stuttering habits delaying or hindering him in speaking.
The problem with the method was that it did not provide tools to preserve the results over days and years by continuing using the method of speech one learned correctly and most importantly accurate practice. And it did not teach the person, who suffers from stuttering, how to deal with the real world that awaits him outside.
And so one of the graduates of the treatment of the speech flow design method who went through the treatment at Hadassah Ein Kerem in the 1990s came to the conclusion that a new method should be invented which would be based on close clinical supervision and daily practice at home with the help of a special computer program developed for this purpose and from then until today Dr. Fluency is the  Number one solution for those suffering speech fluency disorders!

How Do You Overcome Stuttering?

To overcome stuttering, one must go through a rehabilitation process of learning how to control the speech system- in essence, starting anew- and not let dysfluency dictate how speech is produced, what is said, and overall quality of life.

You can hear more about the subject in the fascinating lecture we give as part of our compatibility test.

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