Question
Initially, they could say a sentence with one or two consecutive words, but now they can only say the first word and then can’t continue. Sometimes, when they can’t say it, they make hand gestures. How should it be treated?
Answer
Oral muscle training includes articulation therapy and special therapy. Oral muscle training believes that the root cause of stuttering is due to the failure of certain muscle tissues in the body to grow healthily, mainly manifested as insufficient blood supply to the heart during speech, leading to rapid breathing and obstacles in the vocal organs. It has no essential connection with the patient’s mental state. The root of stuttering is the difficulty in articulation leading to unclear speech, which is formed under the impetus of psychological barriers. It focuses on articulation training, aiming to strengthen and train certain muscle tissues responsible for articulation, thus making speech clear and each sound very forceful.
