Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-17 | Page 34 | Secrets of Health and Happiness

Secrets of H Health ea and H Happiness ap p ness Ho How sr a Stammerer May lIay Solve His Speech Correct-Speech Problem DV DY DR LEONARD LEONARI nn 1 KEENE EESE A. A B. B B M. M 1 A. A University M. M r. r D D. D Johns Hopkins have ha perfect enunciation and a To a ant speech free tree from defects there must be bo perfect harmony harmon between the speech and voice olce apparatus perfect mind control control control con con- and ant deep breathing from Crom the thc din dia When these conditions are not present there Is chaos cho which causes lisping stammering stuttering a lo- lo that that Is excessive rapidity 0 of speech which causes omission of or syllables syl syl- Jabes slurring and otherwise mutilating mutilating ing the sounds Foremost among these are stuttering stuttering stutter stutter- ing InS and stammering The They do to not come from malformation of oC the or organs ans of speech and voice but from the incorrect incorrect use of oC the these e organs and the tIme Int in interference interference In- In t of or th the action acton of certain muscles mus mus- des cles as ns well wel as from imperfect ct harmo harmon har har- mo mon mony n y I Ju Just t as a little child learns to pronounce pronounce pronounce pro pro- its Is first short words ord so must mut I he who ho suffers from speech defect be taught taught He Ho must must after ater after training b by such a method as that suggested c b by Prof Cadwallader of oC Cleveland Cle articulate late lato without conscious effort Just as asa asa asa a person swallows food with an Involuntary involuntary ol In action acton BO so the words must flow ow smoothly forth Some excellent rules for tor treatment to I correct impeded speech are arc Training the muscles of speech I the through the tho sense ol of o touch at a points at which the they meet when speak speak- ing inS Eliminating monotone Breath control from om the tIe diaphragm Exercises in h In short phrases to eliminate elm elm- dim elim and to mate rapid continuous speech prevent pre ent talking talking when the breath is e ex cx- ha hausted Retaining new perfection In speech by rending reading aloud and conversation Training Speech Muscles In the training of or speech mu muscles ls I letters are first pronounced then Jeters words and amI phrases Each letter of the tIme alphabet is i carefully spoken B should hould be made with a l light ht meeting of ot the lips and the contact broken as quickly as as possible This involves the entire po power er of or the Jaw ja lips tongue and I throat throat L Li N. N 2 D D. D T T. T S and the soft sor C Care Care Care are made with the tho tongue M 1 P. P B B. B V V. I with Ith the tho lips slightly touching each I other and 2nd the Jaw tongue and throat I I at rest The Tho gutturals K K Q G and ant the tho I hard C ara are made in the throat with lips Jaw and tongue tonGue In In the correction of ot speech deep breathing plays a major role This must be practiced to relieve the vocal cords of ot the dut duty of controlling the br breath th and th the inevitable throat clutch These deep breathing deep exercises are taken in this manner Stand c erect ct In the ordinary position of attention chest high and anti active while taking in breath expand at t the waist with Ih muscles Hold Hol the breath while counting twenty Then slowly Increase by gradual degrees de de- de- de grees to forty The sensation of oC tightness tight ness and in the throat experienced experienced when first taking these exercises exer exer- will wl pass away after you ou have become accustomed to them The monotone monotone-a a common disturbance disturbance disturb disturb- ance of speech speech speech-Is Is corrected accordIng accord- accord In lug Ing to Professor Cadwalader's method meth meth- od by conversation and reading aloud The pas passages ages to be read are arc marked with lh th the proper signs to tell teU whether the voice olce Is to be raised or orI I lowered In the treatment of or small smal children picture books and cards are used The mother or guardian should come with the child and thoroughly understand the treatment so it can bo be carried on at home all al the time Rules and tasks are repulsive to a child chUd therefore the treatment must be carried on b by games so taught that the child is iA unconsciously Careful Work ork X Necessary I How long will wl it tt take to cure mo me mo can bo be bl answered ed only by telling the patient patent that this depends upon the re responsiveness re- re s of ot the abnormal speech- speech conditions the pupils pupil's Industry his patience and perseverance perse The cure does not 1 lie in the knowledge of the treatment but in the diligent perseverance perseverance perse porse- verance of ot the afflicted person to practice tice tho the methods To eliminate all al imperfections of the speech and arid voice the instructor must be a voice specialist as ns well cl as S a speech speech It I Is impossible to eliminate such imperfections without preserving and training tho the singing voice as 38 well wel as speaking voice Those who fall fail Cal to o do this acquire defects of or thinking thinkinG speaking and singing singing and de- de weak and ant husky voices voices Class work in schools for tor stammering stammer stammer- lag ing doesn't correct the defect nf It I is through the stud study and application of oC the methods taught that the Individual obtains perfection in tn