The movies in India ,have in the past shown the person with stammering as some side kick or some unimportant person, which has helped in strengthening the myth that people with stammering are not smart and can be ridiculed. The new movie JAAGA JASSOS, adds another myth that people with stammering cannot talk but need to sing to communicate.
Fortunately, another movie released recently “INDU SARKAR" which shows a person with stammering accurately, Indu , the character is a strong lady who fights against injustice. She stammers but, doesn’t let that affect her decision to do what she thinks is right.
Stammering comes with the emotional baggage of low self esteem, perceived discrimination and fear of being ridiculed the award winning movie. THE KING'S SPEECH “portrayed accurately the emotional struggle of a person, who is the king of England, but lives in fear to speak and how his therapist supports him in speaking without fear.
At SAMVAAD INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING, We, speech pathologists treat children and adults with stammering and other speech problems. Speech therapy is effective to reduce the stammer; however, it is very tough for an adult with stammering to follow the program regularly. Speaking is something we do effortlessly, and for people with stammering it's hard to follow the fluency techniques regularly, it’s like a weight loss program. It’s easy in the beginning but it’s hard to follow all the time. Hence, relapse after a course of therapy in adults is common unless motivation is very high.
Hence, we recommend starting therapy before the age of 5 as then therapy is effective and the changes last as the child can be motivated easily to follow the treatment protocol. We have had success in the past years in treating children completely.
However, as the child becomes an adult, there is a lot of emotional baggage that get added on which impedes the progress. Society's attitude adds to the humiliation the person with stammering goes through
Hence, the best way for an adult who stammers (despite trying therapy) is to work on getting over all the mental blocks that prevent him to lead his life to the fullest. We all can help by focusing in the person and not his stammer.
the mantra that we all should foster is ' LIVE, LOVE , LAUGH WITH A STAMMER .
About SAMVAAD INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING-
The institute, situated in Hebbal, Bangalore, is a voluntary organisation. Established in 2005, the institute offers a degree and masters program in speech language pathology and audiology affiliated to Bangalore university .The institute also offers a affordable and quality diagnostic and therapy facility for diagnosis and treatment of all speech and hearing disorders.
Radhika Poovayya is the founder director of the institute. she is an experienced speech language pathologist and a Behaviour analyst (USA).
Services offered for children and adults with stammering at the institute -
-individual speech therapy
-Relaxation therapy
-group therapy
Contact details
samvaadinstitute@yahoo.co.in
phone number 080 65351150/51, mob 94802 95004
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