STUTTERING.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 307, 4 September 1917, Page 4

STUTTERING.

._. 4. I: li.r- been maintained by a Ger* man phy.-iri.m '.hat stuttering: cobJ in .: ruM'.ir.g together of the con J is"!';i'n-. n';i! consequently his* method of treatment lias for its object the teaching of the relative signifiVance of tbe vowel and the consonant , i". : . T'-r j-.-itierit is made to speax

sentences with prolonged vowels and Uiort consonants, so that even at the fir t lesson many c cntcnces are spoken easily and fluently. The psychic effect is soon apparent, the patient regaining confidence in his ability to speak plainly, and the result is excellent in a rery short time. This method can al-o be employed with young children. Stuttering- may be c.-,u;ed bv ilce infectious diseases, in-' jury to the head, imitation of other obi hirer, nr by heredity. Its more frequent occurrence in males than in' fniuh - is to be explained by the greater motility of all the voluntary! muscles in women than in men, the tongue included. /