Stammering and successful control in speech and action / by Edwin L. Ash.

  • Hopewell-Ash, Edwin L. (Edwin Lancelot)
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[1916]
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Credit: Stammering and successful control in speech and action / by Edwin L. Ash. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    throws the ‘‘T’’ sound in as a little rush of air, he will find that he gets the word out almost perfectly ; whereas if he concentrates on the ‘‘T’’ sound, he will stumble and have difficulty in getting to the ‘fom.’’ It is important then to practise short words beginning with the silent consonants— f, k, p, s, t-repeating the syllables following them alone; thus—take the words T-om, p-at, c-at, k-eep, f-oot, s-um, and so forth—first think of the syllables: om,” ‘Vat,’ “eep, “one - ‘um ’’—repeating these over and over again; then when used to these simple sounds throw in the necessary “‘ silent ’’ consonants just at the moment of pronouncing the practised syllable. Note that these consonant sounds are but little gusts of air slightly modified by the tongue, lips, and teeth ; that to pronounce them no effort of vocalisation—no muscular action in the voice-box—is needed. With the sounded consonants—v, g, b, z, d— similar practice should be made, but the stammerer naturally finds them more difficult in that they are in part dependent on vocalisation—action in the voice-box. Still, curiously enough, his fault usually lies in half-heartedly sounding them, rather than in trying to miss them altogether. Coming to the nasals—m, n, ng—it is to be noted that they are nothing more than simple humming sounds made through the nose. For their pronunciation some voice-box action is