How To Treat Stuttering
- Combine evidence-based treatments
No single therapy cures stuttering. However, combining evidence-based treatments can greatly reduce or eliminate stuttering.
- Vitamin B-1
Thiamin (vitamin B-1) has been found effective in studies of children and adults.
- Delayed auditory feedback
Delayed auditory feedback (DAF) anti-stuttering devices immediately reduce stuttering while training long-term fluent speech.
- Fluency shaping therapy
Fluency shaping therapy trains stutterers to relax their breathing and vocal folds and then speak slowly by stretching vowels.
- Lidcombe and Westmead for childhood stuttering
The Lidcombe and Westmead programs have been proven effective in many studies. In these programs the parents are trained to provide speech therapy to their child. Other therapy programs that change the parents’ behavior without involving the child, or treat the child without involving the parents, are ineffective.
No single therapy cures stuttering. However, combining evidence-based treatments can greatly reduce or eliminate stuttering. Thiamin (vitamin B-1) has been found effective in studies of children and adults. Delayed auditory feedback (DAF) anti-stuttering devices immediately reduce stuttering while training long-term fluent speech. Fluency shaping therapy trains stutterers to relax their breathing and vocal folds and then speak slowly by stretching vowels.
The Lidcombe and Westmead programs have been proven effective in many studies. In these programs the parents are trained to provide speech therapy to their child. Other therapy programs that change the parents’ behavior without involving the child, or treat the child without involving the parents, are ineffective.