Miracles Do Happen! | stuttering
This post was written by Mrs. Blog It AllSeptember 29th, 2008
A new device promises to cure stuttering in a matter of seconds. Zachary Taylor is one tough kid. He can kick flip, Ollie and then shoot it with the big kids. Only one hurdle slows them down, words. An experimental device could help Zachary and 3,000,000 other Americans who stutter. One moment a person is stuttering so badly you cannot understand them. Minutes later, they are speaking just as clearly as everyone else.
Zachary’s mother did not think he needed the device after she first heard about it, mainly because he is one of the best students in his third-grade class. Even the teenagers at the local skate park admire him for his bravery. Nothing seems to stop the young man. Yet, Zachary’s temper has gotten him into trouble. When another boy at a bike race teased him, he punched him.
Finally, Zachary’s mother took him to Portland to a speech pathology is who is trained to fit people with the SpeechEasy device. The therapist himself was not sure what would happen when he fitted Zachary with the device since only a few children have tried it. The device did not seem to help Zachary at first. However, with a few adjustments, Zachary began to speak normally. Mr. Goldman himself understands how Zachary feels because he uses the device himself. As the news report says, “Zachary is about to skate through childhood without anything to slow him down.”
Dan is a 27-year-old lawyer looking for a job. Stuttering therapy has not helped him, but thanks to the SpeechEasy device, he finally landed a job after months of searching.
Check out the video about Zachary and Dan to see how well this device works. The video will show you how the SpeechEasy device transforms Dan and Zachary.
The SpeechEasy device is like a small PA system. It plays a stutterer’s own voice back to them in their own ear. It delays the sound just by milliseconds and a changes the pitch. It allows the stutterer to speak more normally. This is called the choral effect. The manufacturers of SpeechEasy say that because stuttering is hardwired into children by the age of 12, those children under 12 like Zachary may develop normal speech patterns by wearing the device.
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Tags: Stuttering, stuttering therapy