Today we moved to ½ second stretch. It’s pretty darn close to normal speaking speed, and I can feel that a real life, usable skill, just around the corner.
Believe it or not, moving up to ½ second syllables was difficult and felt too fast after the exaggeratedly prolonged syllables performed during the past week. It actually took me about 40-50 minutes to execute it in a manner I was happy with. But it’s still less than half the, 0.2 second syllables, in regular speech.
Other than that, it was mostly practice via; the gentle onset testing monitor, paired dialog, or group dialog. It was actually pretty relaxing and enjoyable.
One thing I did notice about today, I really feel good. I mean, I’m really tired since I got up early this morning, but otherwise, I’m on top of the world. I contribute this mostly to the lack of fear about looking like a fool if I need to communicate with anybody. I’ve even spoken to a few people I didn’t have to. It was pretty cool.
Tomorrow we move to slow normal, where we will be using our targets at near normal speaking pace.
Tom,
ReplyDeleteAre you attempting to learn fluency shaping off my blog?
I'm flattered, and your determination is admirable. But I don't think it's a good idea.
Personally, I feel attempting to learn this on your own, may possibly make your stutter worse.
Having said that; the first stretchable sound uses half the time for the whole syllable. But at 1/2 second, you can't really measure it as accurately as with slower speeds.
Sincerely,
John