Talk:Stammering

(First comments)

At the moment, this page is just redirecting the stuttering. Aren't stuttering and stammering two different things? --Paul A 14:42 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)

Are they? I thought they were the same.

http://www.stammering.org. says:

"Welcome to the website of the British Stammering Association, dealing with the condition known in the UK as stammering and elsewhere as stuttering."

-- The Anome 14:48 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)

This page is nothing but a reproduction of the following article http://www.irishhealth.com/index.html?level=4&con=101
The difference between Stuttering and stammring is no different from the difference between lift and escalator. So this page be directed to stuttering
Sidfever 10:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The difference between a lift and escalator is huge. I think you mean elevator. The word lift also has many many more definitions, please look in a dictionary. This is an analogy of stammering-stuttering, The world stuttering is used in many instances not relating to the speech condition dysphemia. Thank you in advance:== Liz Bradley-Davis ==(86.18.181.8, talk) 19:40 Feb 27, 2006 (GMT)

I have a speech problem and I have always called it a stammer. However, I know others like me who call theirs a stutter. I think it is a personal preference as to what it is called but a stammer and a stutter (in the context of speaking) are both one and the same. I hope this clears any confusion. Thank you: == Mike B ==(81.156.156.203, talk) 19:28 Mar 16, 2006 (GMT)

Stuttering and stammering in the context of speech are identical in meaning, However!! the criteria with which people search for the 2 words is different. Stuttering is also used to signify faultering intermittent progress, as in " the car came to a stuttering stop" or "the giants have stuttered all season in mid table" for this reason I see stammering as a more direct definitive and specific term which should be separately indexed with multiple links between pages. Thank you in advance: Liz Bradley-Davis ==(86.18.181.8, talk) 19:40 Feb 27, 2006 (GMT)

Stammering is typically used in the UK, and Stuttering in North America. The pages should be merged.--Slp 18:39, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the pages should most definitely be merged. Minor semantic quibbles such as a car stuttering and so forth are entirely irrelevant. this is after all an encyclopedia and not a dictionary. It is certainly right for wikipedians to look at philological matters, but only to make things clearer. In this case it simply confuses the issue.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.108.182 (talk • contribs) 21.31,31 Mar 2006

Is hypnosis really a cure for stammering?

In the article about stammering, the author of the first few paragraphs seems convinced that a few sessions of hypnotherapy is enough to cure most people of stammering. However, this simply isn't the case in the real world. As a stammerer, I know how difficult it is finding a cure. I don't even think there is one. I have tried many treatments - speech therapy, drama therapy groups, relaxation courses and even hypnotherapy. Unfortunately none of these have worked for me.

There are however two distinct forms of stammering. Firstly there is what is known as a developmental stammer. This usually develops of its own accord during childhood and sometimes continues through to adulthood. Some people naturally lose their developmental stammers in their late teens - they're the lucky ones! There is no known cure for this type of stammering though. Secondly there are acquired stammers. Any person may acquire a stammer if they have a heart attack or if they suffer brain damage during an accident. These types of stammers can be cured through speech therapy, counselling and maybe even hypnotherapy.

I have a developmental stammer and I am past the stage where nature can cure me. I'll be lucky if a man-made cure comes along in my life-time - and I am not being negative here, I am being realistic. Very little is actually known about stammering and this is why there is no definite cure (or a cure that helps every stammerer). Think of it as a 20-piece jigsaw puzzle. The experts only really have one piece of this stammering jigsaw and there is no picture showing what the finished puzzle will look like. I think it really is a bit rash to declare that hypnosis is the cure for this hateful affliction called stammering. In 100 years time it might prove to be the cure but at this stage no one knows enough about it and there isn't enough evidence available for anyone to make this kind of a suggestion.

Thanks, Mike B.==(81.156.156.203, talk) 16 Mar 2006)