Speech Problem called Cluttering . Remedy pls.

Dear Doctors.

I have speech problem which I have diagnosed through stud on internet itself and it is called Cluttering but mostly it is categorised under stuttering.

I am giving you some information and links for your reference: pls. go through it. Let me know whether Homepathy can help me in curing it.

Read about cluttering:

What is cluttering?

According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: 'Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterized by a rapid and irregular speaking rate, excesses disfluencies, and often other symptoms such as language or phonological errors and attention deficits. To identify cluttering, you must listen to un-stuttered speech of the speaker.' The individual who clutter would exhibit a rapid and/or irregular speaking rate; talks too fast, sounds are jerky with pauses that are too short, too long, or improperly placed. The list of cluttering symptoms and the remarks expressed by those with the disorder explain, in part, why defining cluttering is so problematic; too often it is very difficult to know which symptoms are essential to cluttering and which are incidental.

Diagnosis

It is very important that individual suspected of cluttering be diagnosed accurately by a qualified speech-language clinician before seeking or providing therapy. The diagnostic process can be extensive and may require two or more sessions. It is also recommended that contributions and reports from other professionals, such as classroom teachers, special educators, and osychologists be included. The assessment should naturally include the fluency problem, but also any co-existing speech-language, pronunciation, learning, or social problems.

The clinical diagnostic process of a typical cluttering problem is illuminated if the individual exhibited any of the following characteristics: confusion, disorganized language or conversational skills, often with difficulties finding the right word. The individual is unaware of his/her fluency and rate problem. The individual experience temporary improvement when asked to 'slow down' or pay more attention to speech, such as mispronunciation, slurring of speech, or omitting non-stressed syllables in longer words. For example, 'ferchly' for 'fortunately.' Also, these facts should be taken into consideration; blood relatives who stutter or clutter; social or vocational problems resulting from cluttering symptoms, and learning disabilities unrelated to impaired intelligence.

Read about Stuttering :

What is stuttering?

Stuttering affects the fluency of speech. It begins during childhood and, in some cases, lasts throughout life. The disorder is characterized by disruptions in the production of speech sounds, also called 'disfluencies.' Most people produce brief disfluencies from time to time. For instance, some words are repeated and others are preceded by 'um' or 'uh.' Disfluencies are not necessarily a problem; however, they can impede communication when a person produces too many of them.

In most cases, stuttering has an impact on at least some daily activities. The specific activities that a person finds challenging to perform vary across individuals. For some people, communication difficulties only happen during specific activities, for example, talking on the telephone or talking before large groups. For most others, however, communication difficulties occur across a number of activities at home, school, or work. Some people may limit their participation in certain activities. Such 'participation restrictions' often occur because the person is concerned about how others might react to disfluent speech. Other people may try to hide their disfluent speech from others by rearranging the words in their sentence ( circumlocution ), pretending to forget what they wanted to say, or declining to speak. Other people may find that they are excluded from participating in certain activities because of stuttering. Clearly, the impact of stuttering on daily life can be affected by how the person and others react to the disorder.

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What are signs and symptoms of stuttering?

Stuttered speech often includes repetitions of words or parts of words, as well as prolongations of speech sounds. These disfluencies occur more often in persons who stutter than they do in the general population. Some people who stutter appear very tense or 'out of breath' when talking. Speech may become completely stopped or blocked . Blocked is when the mouth is positioned to say a sound, sometimes for several seconds, with little or no sound forthcoming. After some effort, the person may complete the word. Interjections such as 'um' or 'like' can occur, as well, particularly when they contain repeated ('u- um- um') or prolonged ('uuuum') speech sounds or when they are used intentionally to delay the initiation of a word the speaker expects to 'get stuck on.'

Some examples of stuttering include:

* ' W- W- W- Where are you going?' (Part-word repetition: The person is having difficulty moving from the 'w' in 'where' to the remaining sounds in the word. On the fourth attempt, he successfully completes the word.)
* ' SSSS ave me a seat.' (Sound prolongation: The person is having difficulty moving from the 's' in 'save' to the remaining sounds in the word. He continues to say the 's' sound until he is able to complete the word.)
* 'I'll meet you - um um you know like - around six o'clock.' (A series of interjections: The person expects to have difficulty smoothly joining the word 'you' with the word 'around.' In response to the anticipated difficulty, he produces several interjections until he is able to say the word 'around' smoothly.)


Stuttering can have social and emotional consequences. People who stutter may be self-conscious about their speech. Some show signs of tension, such as twitching, unusual facial expressions, or eye blinks, when trying to get words out. Experts are not sure what causes stuttering, although some studies show that stuttering has a tendency to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic component.

Other cases of stuttering may be neurogenic (noor-o-JEN-ik), meaning that that they are caused by signal problems between the brain and the nerves or muscles that control speech. Stuttering also may result from emotional trauma, stress, or other psychological causes.

Different parts of the brain deal with language processing and the formation of speech, so how these two processes coordinate. Basically studies suggest that, in stammerers, speech formation jumps the gun before the language processing has been completed. So, the problem may be an issue of chemical problems between brain cells.

Personlity wise I am introvert person. My age is 32yrs and I am male.

Pls. let me know if you want more information about me and sufferings.

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Regards,

Sanjay Gupta