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22.08.2020, 02:55
It helps, it helps, but not always. For a long time we tried to solve the child’s speech problem on our own. But still, we are not experts. But with the specialist (when we found a good one who was suitable for us), things immediately went well. I’ve heard something that seems like speech therapy massage is nonsense. But what about in reality? If after a massage the child is able to pronounce sounds better, that’s great. We go ourselves and recommend to all our friends a wonderful speech therapist in Obolon - Elena Nikolaevna Karpenko. This is where the real professional comes in! If anyone needs contacts and details, you can look here https://medikom.ua/logopediya-kiev/.
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20.03.2020, 18:12
Wiesel’s statements on the treatment of stuttering in children, made in the form of a lecture on YouTube, on which this article is based, are completely incompetent and even harmful and dangerous for parents of stutterers. I suggest that all sensible people watch the complete destruction of Wiesel’s professionalism on YouTube. Video - “A child stutters. S.B. Skoblikova vs. T.G. Wiesel. Analysis of dangerous misconceptions"
— Mark
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Traditional methods of treating stuttering
Medication. When a child begins to stutter, most parents immediately take him to a doctor, a speech therapist or a neurologist. Most doctors have no idea what stuttering is, how to treat it, and medicine does not know a guaranteed way to get rid of stuttering. Doctors usually prescribe vitamins and tranquilizers to suppress the psyche, for example Phenibut, which I took as prescribed by doctors, the drug did not give any result.
I am sure that most people who stutter have tried to get rid of this disease with the help of one drug or another.
Surgical intervention. How to avoid stuttering when speaking has been a question that has been asked since ancient times; earlier attempts were made to cure stuttering by surgically removing parts of the tongue or vocal cords, and what is most surprising is that for some time after the operation, stuttering actually disappeared, but soon reappeared. Medieval doctors did not give up attempts to cure stuttering by removing certain parts of the tongue, throat, and sometimes the brain, but no stable results were achieved.
To date, no attempts have been made to surgically solve the problem of stuttering.
Causes of stuttering
The main prerequisites that provoke the development of logoneurosis can be divided into physiological, psychological and social.
Physiological reasons:
- birth injuries with damage to the central nervous system;
- tobacco and alcohol addiction of a woman during pregnancy;
- genetic predisposition;
- traumatic brain injury in the first years of life;
- various diseases of the larynx and nasopharynx;
- severe infections (meningococcal or pneumococcal infection, rickets, etc.);
- forced retraining of a left-hander to a right-hander.
Psychological reasons:
- frequent stress, shock;
- loss of loved ones at a conscious age;
- nervous disorders (fear of the dark, fear of punishment, etc.);
- resentment, jealousy (struggle for primacy when another child appears in the family);
- desire to attract the attention of parents;
- severe fear (attacked by a dog, thunderstorm, etc.).
Social reasons:
- excessive strictness of parents and a harsh approach to education;
- copying the behavior of a relative or friend who stutters;
- excessive load on the child’s speech apparatus;
- early learning of foreign languages;
- insufficient attention and busyness of parents (the baby is in a hurry to say so as not to take up your time);
- change of familiar environment, moving to another kindergarten, school, moving.
Provoking factors
Many parents are too keen on various early development methods. Children are taught the alphabet and numbers from one year old, and begin to learn poetry at two. There is a time for everything, and until the brain center responsible for speech matures, demanding complex word combinations is simply pointless.
Speech therapists also identify provoking factors in the occurrence of speech defects:
- disorders in the body's endocrine system;
- lack of a clear daily routine;
- unbalanced diet, oversaturation with proteins;
- overwork of the child, workload with clubs and sections, lessons at school;
- early bilingualism;
- conflict situation in the family;
- parents' divorce.
During puberty, a child may suffer from neuroses followed by stuttering. In this case, the defect will disappear as they grow older; world statistics indicate only 1% of adults suffering from logoneurosis.
Stuttering caused by other factors cannot be eliminated on your own; this defect must be eliminated therapeutically; first, you should contact a speech therapist to create a lesson plan.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic exercises for stuttering are similar to warming up in dancing; it consists of tapping and repeating what you hear. Start with an easy one: 2 knocks and 2 more. After correct repetition, complicate the task: 2, then 3 times, etc.
To diversify the exercise, replace knocking with clapping your hands, reciting simple, easy-to-remember rhymes and tongue twisters: “OUR TANYA IS CRYING LOUDLY...”, “THE OWNER Abandoned the BUNNY.” Choose easy tongue twisters, gradually complicating them with words with the sound “r” or “sh”.
Folk remedies
Folk remedies include, first of all, treatment with the gifts of nature. There are many ready-made herbal preparations that a neurologist can prescribe (they are sold in pharmacies). But you can also create such fees yourself.
The following herbs have a calming effect on the nervous system:
- fragrant rue (1 teaspoon of herb per glass of boiling water, keep in a water bath for 5-7 minutes), adults and adolescents take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day, children simply gargle with the broth;
- Oregano (1 tablespoon per glass of boiling water, cook in a water bath for 15-20 minutes, then leave at room temperature for about 40 minutes), after straining, take warm 3 times a day (dividing the resulting decoction into 3 servings);
- stinging nettle, another name is white ash (place 1 tablespoon of the herb in a heated bowl, pour a glass of boiling water and wrap, leave for about 20-30 minutes), take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day, for children it is enough to gargle.
In addition, you can prepare herbal infusions, for example this:
Stinging nettle (2 parts), chamomile (2 parts), common heather (1 part), hop cones (1 part), lemon balm (1 part), angelica roots (1 part), St. John's wort - 1 part. Mix all herbs in the specified proportion. Pour 1 teaspoon of the mixture into a glass of boiling water and leave in a thermos for about an hour. Drink in 2-3 doses during the day, warm.
The following recipe is also used:
Mix 1 teaspoon of honey with 1 mummy tablet. Take 1-2 times a day, course of treatment is 4-6 months. Then take a break for 2 months.
Whatever folk remedies you use, be sure to consult your doctor, especially if a course of sedatives was prescribed at the same time.
Performance Statistics
- There was a decrease in stuttering, %8
- Speech deterioration noted, %
- Without changes, %92
Persen can be useful for stuttering in 8% of cases. Among them:
- Reduction in manifestations of logophobia, %68
- Reduced frequency of stuttering, %17
- Decrease in stuttering intensity, %15
Persen is ineffective for stuttering, but can be useful in complex therapy. Among those who noted improvement in speech against this background ( 8% ), the majority indicate a decrease in logophobia and fear of speech ( 68% ). Thus, it helps to relax, reduces anxiety and helps social adaptation when stuttering. Most often used symptomatically or in short courses. The effectiveness is lower than that of the similar drug Novo-Passit, since Persen does not have an anxiolytic component; the drug is completely herbal.
Do articulation exercises
Exercises strengthen and develop the muscles that are involved in the speech process. This will help make it clear and smooth.
- Starting position: mouth closed, lips and jaws relaxed, tongue lying flat, touching the lower front teeth. Inhale through your nose and say a long A sound, then a long U sound, then a long O and S sound. Bare your teeth and stretch your lips into a wide smile. Repeat 5-6 times.
- Move your lower jaw back and forth and left and right.
- Draw out your lips with a tube. Make a long U sound. Then slowly turn your outstretched lips several times to the right, left, up and down. Then make circular movements - left and right. Repeat 3-4 times.
- Open your mouth wide. Move your tongue to the right, then to the left. Repeat 4-5 times.
- With your mouth slightly open, click your tongue, imitating the clatter of horse hooves.
- Stretch your lips slightly, open your mouth slightly and move the tip of your tongue back and forth across the roof of your mouth.
Novopassit for stuttering reviews
The child is 5.5 years old. This started about a week ago. Apparently I am to blame for the cause. We have been fighting for a long time for him to wear slippers because... he has a newborn sister who lies on the bed with me, and he constantly climbs onto the bed with her, respectively, with dirty feet. And I often told him, and sometimes shouted: Put on your slippers! This annoyed me terribly. And a week ago I couldn’t stand it and wrapped his slippers with tape around his feet
He was hysterical, he took them off and cried. After this incident, he began to wear slippers all the time, even at night! He put on his slippers on autopilot and went to the toilet.
We noticed stuttering 2-3 days after this, and at first I mostly stuttered in the presence of my husband, stumbling on the initial syllables of sentences, for example PAP-pap-pap and where. I-I-I-I-, a-a-a-a-and where.
I know that emotional calm is very important now, but then his cousins brother and sister came back from vacation and they raged together for 2 days, as a result, today he speaks poorly, completely emotional.
Horror! We are terribly worried. My husband had the same problem in childhood, now the stuttering is not noticeable, but in childhood it was apparently hereditary, and the stress he suffered because of these stupid slippers gave impetus to the development of stuttering.
I made an appointment with a neurologist, but I still need to find a speech therapist. Who had this happen? Will this pass or do we have to learn to live with it? They will probably prescribe medications like phenibut, has anyone taken it? helps? side effects?
I will be grateful to everyone for their answers.
P/S/ Of course, I don’t swear at him anymore. I stopped wearing slippers again.
Do you think I don’t blame myself for what I did? This won't happen again. NEVER.
Now we need to think about something else, how to fix this.
It is very necessary to be advised of a good speech therapist, preferably one who comes to your home or is admitted to the North-Western Administrative District.
You don't need a speech therapist. We had the same trick. First stabilize the situation in the house. Take a sedative yourself. Give the child a bath with valerian for 10 minutes at night - I poured the whole bottle into a large bath. You can add sea salt, I added 0.5 kg.
The whole family speak slowly, calmly, without emotion. No TV, eliminate it for at least 2 weeks. Draw with paint, not pencils, until the stuttering goes away. As the doctor explained to me, it’s like don’t strain your hand. Play a cassette of children's cartoon songs more often and sing along.
Don't focus your attention on stuttering. If he can’t start speaking, we helped him with the first word, then he does it himself. Or they replaced the first word with the introductory sentence Dad, I want. Next is himself. It's been 2 months. I also only gave him Valerianangel to drink for a week. I take Novopassit myself. Now pah-pah there is no trace of stuttering. I continue to drink Novopassit every once in a while, and of course I have a mental attitude in my head: eliminate interference, in your case, wash the floor more often, I bought a “White Cat” mop for this. I've been happy as an elephant for 3 years now. )))) Every day during meals we listen to a cassette with songs from cartoons. Favorites Brem.musicians and The Blue Carriage and the Winnie the Pooh song. Mine turns the tape recorder on and off by itself. It became so great to eat! ))) Good luck to you!
Persen for stuttering
It has a rather weak relaxing effect, and has practically no effect on stuttering. In comparison, Novo-passit, which in addition to a sedative also gives a slightly tranquilizing effect, works much better. Moreover, Novo-passit includes more medicinal plants than Persen.
Despite its low effectiveness, Persen is very popular and is quite often used for stuttering, about which we receive many reviews. Being a completely herbal preparation, it is used for a wide range of nervous disorders associated with stressful situations and anxiety. In this regard, although it is inferior to other drugs from the sedative group in terms of effectiveness, Persen can be useful in the complex treatment of stuttering.
By relieving excess nervous tension, it helps to relax before or after stressful speech situations, which has a positive effect on speech, especially in severe cases.
- The dosage is selected individually according to the instructions.
- Greater effectiveness for stuttering is observed with course use.
How to get rid of a speech impediment?
It should be understood that this is not just a defect. It is directly related to the problems that have arisen with the nervous system, and it can often turn out that the physical state of health may not be in ideal condition. It often happens that stuttering continues into adulthood. Often it also appears spontaneously. Sometimes stuttering is minimized if a person is in a calm state and in balance with himself, but then it can appear again. This especially occurs with those people who are in a state of constant stress.
If a problem arises, then some doctors will help you, namely such as: a neurologist, speech therapist, clinical psychologist. A psychologist will relieve stress and teach you how to cope with fear of speech. The speech therapist will teach you proper speech breathing, as well as smooth and coherent speech. A neurologist will find solutions to problems related to the nervous system.
How to stop stuttering
For stutterers, it will be useful to devote yourself to sports, such as swimming, yoga, karate. And practicing singing or acting or dancing will help you liberate yourself and feel more confident, improve your breathing, flexibility, or even cope with general tension.
If you don’t accept your illness, then it’s time to take a different position and start telling others that this is your specialty. You should accept that you have a speech impediment. If you are afraid of the reaction of others, you can warn them about stuttering. The more calmly you treat the defect, the less it will appear and the less often you will pay attention to it.
