This was a two-part video that I found on youtube.com. After searching around for a bit on stuttering, I found this video about Rebecca Glass. She has been stuttering since she was in the second grade. Stuttering is a disorder that not much is known about. It is a disorder that has been around for a long time. The Egyptians even wrote about stuttering. There are many famous people who stutter including Marylin Monroe, James Earl Jones and even Winston Churchill.
In the video, Rebecca talks a little about what her stuttering is like. She gets frustrated because she knows what she wants to say, but sometimes has a hard time saying it. As she was growing up, her friends were able to overlook her disorder, but she is preparing for college and is nervous about all of the new people she will be meeting and how they will react to her stuttering. She visited a Speech-Language Pathologist to receive a “SpeechEasy”. This is a device that looks like a hearing aid but instead of amplifiying sound, it alters sound so that you hear your voice at a very slight delay and at a different pitch. This helps with what is known as the choral effect. That is something that has proven effective for people who stutter. It is what happens when one who stutters sings or talks in unison with other people and their stuttering is dramatically reduced.
Rebecca tried this device and the first time she read a passage, there was a dramatic difference. There wasn’t any stuttering at all! Something like this will help me as I will be working with people who stutter. Knowing about this device can benefit many people that I come in contact with in my career. It may not help everyone as the price is pretty steep, ranging from $4100-$5100.
The videos can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj2IsxxCSS8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUa310vYN2w&feature=related
In the video, Rebecca talks a little about what her stuttering is like. She gets frustrated because she knows what she wants to say, but sometimes has a hard time saying it. As she was growing up, her friends were able to overlook her disorder, but she is preparing for college and is nervous about all of the new people she will be meeting and how they will react to her stuttering. She visited a Speech-Language Pathologist to receive a “SpeechEasy”. This is a device that looks like a hearing aid but instead of amplifiying sound, it alters sound so that you hear your voice at a very slight delay and at a different pitch. This helps with what is known as the choral effect. That is something that has proven effective for people who stutter. It is what happens when one who stutters sings or talks in unison with other people and their stuttering is dramatically reduced.
Rebecca tried this device and the first time she read a passage, there was a dramatic difference. There wasn’t any stuttering at all! Something like this will help me as I will be working with people who stutter. Knowing about this device can benefit many people that I come in contact with in my career. It may not help everyone as the price is pretty steep, ranging from $4100-$5100.
The videos can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj2IsxxCSS8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUa310vYN2w&feature=related
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