| Over the last five years there has been a large | | | | providing people with the answers they are |
| increase in the amount of remedies for | | | | looking for than they were during the period when |
| stammering and stuttering. Not only has there | | | | I was seeking therapy. |
| been an increase in the number of treatments | | | | The treatments include personal one-to-one |
| available there has also been an increase in the | | | | stuttering therapy courses as well as courses |
| quality of therapy and advice. | | | | which are run on a group basis (typically these |
| I developed a stutter when I was just four years | | | | groups consist of ten to fifteen people). Some of |
| of age and it was not until the age of twenty-two | | | | these courses are run by people who have |
| that I managed to overcome it. I will never forget | | | | previously had this form of speech impediment |
| the frustration that I used to feel when attending | | | | and who have therefore experienced life with a |
| treatments such as speech and language therapy. | | | | stutter. These courses are the most beneficial |
| For many reasons it was not of benefit to me | | | | and are therefore the most sought after. |
| and did not provide me with the remedy to | | | | There are also a number of self-help stuttering |
| stuttering that I was looking for. | | | | therapy options available for people who are |
| This was all quite a long time ago as I am now | | | | unable to attend one of these specialist courses. |
| aged thirty-five. Fortunately there are many more | | | | These options include a stuttering therapy e-book, |
| treatments for stuttering these days than just | | | | a stuttering therapy DVD and a stuttering |
| the traditional forms of speech therapy. These | | | | therapy audio-book. |
| treatments are also much more successful at | | | | |