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Show tering speech patterns which he says can end stut- tering Most people learn the method in two hours Dr. Martin F, Schwartz of New York University Medi- cal Center has developed a simple technique of a I- $ an affliction that has plagued man since earliest affects more than 2 million people in the United Stuttering, For them, the simplest act of communication introducing themselves to others, speaking up in a meeting, talking on the phone, even ordering a meal in a restaurant can becomes a nightmare. In the past, efforts to overcome stuttering have usually been fruitless Analysts have spent years trying to resolve the emotional conflicts they said caused stuttering Some psychiatrists have resorted to tranquilizers, hypnosis and even electroshock to relieve anxiety and stress. Also, speech therapists, aiming at the speech struggle itself, have instructed patients to sing or whisper the first words of sentences, or they have told them to start an octave higher, then drop to more normal levels. This often produced a yodeling effect that patients found embarrassing Now, however, there are two techniques that can end stute tering, even for lifelong sufferers. The first uses a mimmetro-nomworn like a hearing aid. Metronomes have long been used by musicians for marking time. The device has also been used to aid stutterers because doctors have known that a stutterer's fluency increases markedly when he paces his speech rhythmically But there In a therahas always been the critical problem of carry-ove- r: pist's office, or at home, a stutterer could become fluent talking to the beat of a metronome, but out in the real world, without the instrument, he stuttered as before Then, a few years ago, Dr. John Paul Brady of the University of Pennsylvania developed a miniaturized electronic metronome that can be worn unobtrusively over the ear In an early report in 1971, Dr. Brady noted substantial improvement in speech in about 80 percent of a small group of patients Since then, the minimetronome therapy has come into increasing use Pace themselves ..33 Typically, at the Behavior Therapy Clinic of the Long Island Medical Center, New Hyde Park,N.Y., Jewish Hospital-Hillsid- e a stutterer, in weekly visits, first learns to talk to the beat of a full-simetronome, set at the start at a slow pace of 60 words a minute Gradually, the pace is increased until, at 112 per minute, about normal slow speech, the patient begins to use the minimetronome ze WolverineWater proof Leather Boots. iv - , - , 'LvVir e. r. 12, ilf. gglj w&Ltf&niNis Menirasaocs . 1976 Wolverine World Wide, Inc , Rockford, Michigan 493 51. In Illinois (800) 322 4400 For the Wolverine dealer nearest you, call this toll free number (890) 447-470- 0 16 The device, which costs about $150, is first used at home, then among friends and finally everywhere the patient goes The weekly clinic sessions extend over about 41 months The patient continues to use the minimetronome as long as necessary, weaning himself by gradually decreasing the length of time it is used each day. Commonly, its use can be discontinued within 6 to 12 months. |
