Patient's question:
Doctor, I usually don't stutter when answering as long as I'm not nervous or excited, but when I'm agitated or thinking while speaking, my stuttering becomes severe. How should I treat it? Thank you.Past treatment history and effectiveness: None.
Desired help: Not stuttering when speaking in an agitated state.
Doctor's answer:
Stuttering is a very complex speech disorder. People who stutter not only exhibit abnormal speech behaviors, but often also experience changes in their emotional distress and attitudes and ways of interacting with others. The specific manifestations of stuttering vary greatly among individuals. Due to the complex nature of stuttering, its treatment is also very diverse and complex. Currently, stuttering treatment primarily focuses on non-pharmacological approaches, including speech therapy, psychological treatment, bioelectric information feedback metronomes, methods for altering the way sounds are produced, delayed auditory feedback methods, and sound masking techniques, among others. Treatment should be tailored to the individual's unique stuttering characteristics, personality, emotions, and behaviors, employing methods that are most effective for each person.