How can I reduce my stuttering?
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I would try taking the most common words that you do stutter and practice saying them over and over again. The only way to help is to know why and how you are stuttering. Or take words that you think you might stutter with and practice saying those words over and over again. Practicing will help, you just have to understand which words need help and address those words so that you can make it easier for yourself to say those words.
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Get some peanut butter and put it on the roof of your mouth. It works! One of my teacher's had a jar of it in the cupboard always handy for anyone who had hiccups.
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While standing, hold your breathe, and try to touch your toe and stay in that position as long as you can stand it. \n\nSeveral times until hiccups dissapear. It really works!
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this a no fail way to get rid of the hiccups \nplace a pencil in your mouth to where you are biting it in the middle of the pencil and then just drink some water its hard to drink but it will get rid of them
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Immersion is the only way.  You need to live among English only speakers and don't converse with anyone in your main language.\n\nAlso, take great care to listen closely to those speaking English and do your best to imitate the sounds they make.  That's how you lose an accent.
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There is no cure for stuttering,Hell they can not even figure out what causes it.\nBut I tell you what,if you stutter,this is what you do.Now you have to do exactly what i say for 2 weeks straight.\nRead SLOWLY out loud for 2 hours everyday.be sure to connect every word,read it like you are speaking "ROBOT".When I say 2 hours straight,i mean 2 hours straight,NO DRINK BREAKS,NOW BATH ROOM BREAKS,a full straght 2 hours of reading out loud.\nDo this every day for 2 weeks,you will see an 80% improvement in your stuttering.Although at the end of the 2 weeks,you must continue this treatment everyday,until yourbody,your mind tells you  that you do not need to do it anymore.Trust me.\nSo come back in 2 weeks and vote my answer as the BEST ANSWER. Because it truely is. GOOD LUCK.
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read DICTIONARY... it may sound funny but believe me it really helps. in your free time just open any page and start ready. it improves vocabulary, word usage & pronounciation...\n\nbest of luck!
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The exact cause of stuttering remains to be determined. Recent studies suggest that genetic factors play a role in the disorder. It is thought that many, if not most, individuals who stutter inherit traits that predispose them to develop stuttering. The exact nature of these traits is presently unclear. Whatever the traits are, they obviously impair the individual's ability to string together the various muscle movements that are necessary to produce sentences fluently.\n\nAccording to current thinking, not everyone who is predisposed to stutter will develop the disorder. For many people who are predisposed to stutter, certain life events are thought to "trigger" fluency difficulty. One of the triggers for developmental stuttering may be the acquisition of grammar skills. Between the ages of 2 and 5 years, children acquire many of the grammatical rules of language. These rules allow children to transform immature messages (Mommy candy.) into lengthy sentences that require considerable coordination to produce fluently (Mommy put the candy in my backpack.). Thus, a child who is predisposed to stutter may have no difficulty speaking fluently when the sentences he or she produces are all one or two words long. However, when the child becomes capable of producing longer, more complex sentences and then attempts to use such sentences in daily settings, he or she may find that the speech system is not quite up to the challenge - and disfluent speech results.\n\nAfter stuttering has begun, other factors may act to maintain or aggravate fluency difficulty. For example, a child who is easily frustrated may be more likely to tighten or tense speech muscles when disfluencies occur and such tension may increase the length of time a disfluency lasts. Listeners' responses to stuttering (e.g., teasing) can aggravate fluency difficulties as well. Speakers who stutter vary widely in how they react to the disfluencies in their speech. Some appear to be minimally concerned. Others - especially those who have encountered unfavorable reactions from listeners - may develop emotional responses to stuttering that hinder speech production further. Examples of these emotions include shame, embarrassment, and anxiety.
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No i dont but my boyfriend has a little stutter.  Its nothing bad though.  Why???
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Defrag if it needs defragmenting then do a disk clean up every week or so. Won't really make your computer go super fast but as fast as it can go. Also get a good antivirus program such as Norton, McAfee or a free one is AVG. You could add more RAM and a better proccesor. If you dont want to spend that much money then go to some websites to try CPU overclocking. Although that may be for experienced computer users and may screw up your computer if done incorrectly. Also spyware slows down your computer. Download Spyware Doctor, Lavasoft, S&D. Another solution buy a faster computer. :)
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There are many treatments for stuttering, none of which is 100% effective. Traditional speech therapy reduces the frequency and severity of a stutter and teaches stutterers to use effective communications skills, such as making eye contact. While not a cure, speech therapy can lead to more fluent speech patterns and is especially effective in early childhood. The duration or type of therapy needed varies among stutterers but usually involves both speech training (articulation, intonation, rate, intensity) and language training (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics). Depending on the nature and severity of the disorder, common treatments may range from physical strengthening exercises and repetitive practice to the use of medication, electronic devices, and neurosurgery.\n\nBehavioral and cognitive therapy\n\nBehavioral and cognitive therapy is the most common approach to stutter treatment. Such therapy usually involves the development of new speaking habits and attitudes towards speech, often including exercises in manipulating rates of speech, establishing new breathing patterns, practicing relaxation, and targeting troublesome sounds. Breathing control is often emphasized, which focuses on proper control of the diaphragm. Proponents of this method see uncoordinated movements of the diaphragm as the core cause of stuttering. Another area sometimes emphasized during speech therapy is Valsalva training, which is training that specifically targets blocks by focusing on the gaining of greater control on the bodily mechanism that produces a block by halting airflow, the Valsalva mechanism (See External Links for more).\n\nAlso, during behavioral and cognitive therapy, efforts are made to increase confidence through repetition and positive feedback, to help alleviate the anxiety and fear associated with speaking. While individual or group therapy with a licensed speech pathologist is common, self-therapy is also a very popular practice, mainly due to its lower cost, convenience, and lower pressure. The stutterer invests in the necessary books or tapes and spends varying amounts of time per day doing exercises similar to the exercises used in professional speech therapy. Therapy usually provides some improvement to most individuals within a few weeks or months. But, like most therapy for other disorders or afflictions, it often requires constant attention and practice to maintain success. Other, less-accepted methods include everything from hypnosis to laughter to art therapy.\n\nMedication\n\nThe use of medication that affects brain functions has also had limited success in increasing fluency, although it is usually used in conjunction with behavioral and cognitive therapy and may have side effects that limit its long-term usefulness. To date only two medications, haloperidol and risperidone, have been shown to be effective in a rigorous double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Unfortunately, both drugs have side effects that limit their usefulness, with haloperidol having more severe side effects than risperidone. The largest study of risperidone for stuttering was completed by the University of California Stuttering Research Group. In the study, rispiradone improved fluency and was well tolerated by the participants. However, side effects associated with changes in levels of the hormone prolactin developed and the medication was discontinued. Another drug, olanzapine, is similar to risperidone and haloperidol, but has a different side effect profile and has not yet been tested under a comparable double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. While the medicinal treatments for stuttering have vastly improved over recent years, there is still no medication that can "cure" stuttering. Like traditional speech therapy, medications can only decrease the frequency and severity of a stutter.\n\nElectronic fluency aids\n\nOne recent trend in speech therapy is the use of electronic fluency aids. These devices are mostly based on alte
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Go here and learn yourself!!\n\nA great article:\n\nhttp://www.onecomputerguy.com/performance_tips.htm
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I also lack confidence. In fact I tend to stutter when I get really nervous in interviews. But I manage to get good jobs. I think you should go for interviews a lot. When you get a hang of it, it will just be like a breeze. Just concentrate on harnessing your skills and nothing will go wrong.
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If you have internet explorer - TOOLS\ninternet options - delete temp files - ok\n\nhow long has it been since you defragged your computer\n..I do it weekly)\nand check disk for errors - monthly\n\nshould help your performance - AND\n\nhow many programs are you running at one time\n<CTRL> <ALT>  delete \nchoose Task manager - and close anything that you are not using\nuses up your RAM (how much do you have)\nmy game computer has 2 gig of RAM\n\nbest of luck
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Take a teaspoon of sugar or the sugar from one sugar packet and pour it on your tongue.  Let it disolve there.  By the time its disolved, your hiccups will be gone.  My kids used to get hiccups intentionally just so they could have the cure.  It works every time. \n\nAnother thing you could try is breathing slowly in and out of a small paper bag.  Thats the only thing that helps me.  Drinking never did help me with them.
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make sure it's not dragging...limit time for giving speeches. and get a very good emcee.
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1.   Swallow 1 tsp. white table sugar, dry. A study found that this stopped hiccups immediately in 19 out of 20 people. Repeat up to three more times at 2-minute intervals if necessary.  \n  \n2.   Gulp down a glass of water if the sugar doesn't work.  \n  \n3.   Eat a piece of dry bread slowly.  \n  \n4.   Breathe in and out of a paper bag. Do not use a plastic bag under any circumstances, and don't do this longer than 1 minute.  \n  \n5.   Gargle with water (see 'How to Gargle').  \n  \n6.   Repeat the above steps until your hiccups stop.