Helo from Philippines.

[GERALD Ornedo]

Helo im Gerald from Philippines. I join to stop my stuttering specially when answering phone.and i want to learn and improved my self in all areas of my life.

[Javier]

Hi Gerald! Welcome to WSSA! My name is Javier, and I’m one of the certified speech coaches of WSSA. The phone is one of the high-pressured situations for the majority of PWS. You haven’t said much about your speech when talking on the phone, so I can’t give you specific advice, but I can say, from my own experience as a former PWS and as a coach, that speaking in a softer voice, for example, works really well in these situations. When we speak on the phone, the mic is really close to our mouth, so we don’t have to talk so loud. We can talk very softly, we will be heard just fine. So, make sure you speak in a lower voice register, and keep it like that throughout the entire conversation. This will keep your mind focused on that, so you won’t be so concerned about your words and your stutter. Speaking softly also keeps us more relaxed, and that helps too.
You can find many videos of our coaching sessions in which we discuss phone conversations. Here’s a link to several of these video recordings, I hope you find them helpful:

https://worldstopstuttering.org/videos/?filter_video_tag=phone

[GERALD Ornedo]

Thank you. I will try your advice. At first word to say i stutter about 10secs its hard to say what i want to say. The same situation when i using radio/ walkie talkie. But when i trick my self buy simply puting headphone or covering my ears i speak normally in radio at telephone.

[Javier]

I would try to put all of my attention on the soft voice, instead of the next word you’re going to say. You may also want to try modulating your voice, and show passion in the way you talk.
Do watch some of the videos of the coaching sessions I shared with you in my previous email. I’m sure the advice that is given to those PWS/PWSS may well apply to you too.

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