| Stuttering or stammering is a condition which | | | | breathe more profusely. |
| causes the person suffering from it to lengthen | | | | Previously, the only connection between breathing |
| words, parts of words or sentences. Though | | | | and stuttering was the one explained above. But |
| stuttering is neither a disease nor a disability, it | | | | this was only till the McGuire programme came |
| tends to impede the development of the individual | | | | along. This introduced a new way of preventing |
| going through it because of the consequences of | | | | stuttering through a special type of breathing |
| it. Though there is no sure fire way to treat | | | | called the Costal breathing. Also called |
| stuttering, certain activities can aid in getting rid of | | | | diaphragmatic breathing, this method expands the |
| this problem. | | | | thorax while breathing hence inflating the lungs |
| There is no concrete evidence to show what | | | | with air. This causes the ribs to move up and |
| causes stuttering but some of the reasons by | | | | down thus injecting air into the lungs. This type of |
| which stuttering is caused can be attributed to | | | | breathing proposed by Dave McGuire supposedly |
| psychological uneasiness, nervousness and | | | | relieves the stammering problem. |
| tightening of the vocal muscles. When a person | | | | Though this is not a prescribed cure or treatment, |
| stutters, it is usually accompanied by short | | | | Costal breathing or shallow breathing has been |
| spasms of breath. It has nothing to do with | | | | found to provide stutterers with temporary relief. |
| stuttering but it is because of the nervousness | | | | Though some specialists claim it is just a trick to |
| caused by it. When a person stutters, the fluency | | | | overcome stammering for a little while, stutterers |
| in his speech is broken which makes it harder for | | | | are known to use this type of breathing as it |
| him to continue with his talking. Generally, our | | | | gives them enormous relief for a certain amount |
| minds think as fast as we speak and sometimes | | | | of time. But this type of breathing has to be done |
| even fluent speakers will not be able to convey | | | | in the right way with the apt mental balance to |
| the desired information in the correct manner. In | | | | achieve proper results. It can be safely said that |
| the same way, it cannot be expected from a | | | | Costal breathing helps stutterers in getting a |
| person who stutters. Hence with the rapid flow of | | | | short-term respite from the problem plaguing |
| thoughts and with non-fluency in speech, it makes | | | | them always. |
| the person more anxious hence causing him to | | | | |