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Stuttering can be an embarrassing and frustrating problem that can affect your job performance, income level, social life, self-esteem and emotional well being. The cause or causes of stuttering are not yet known. Although stress and emotional factors may increase the degree of stuttering, the emerging scientific view is that stuttering has a physical basis. Research has shown that the speech muscles of stutterers do not perform the correct sequence of movements necessary to produce fluent speech. A new device, known as the Fluency Master, can help control stuttering! The Fluency Master is a miniature, wearable, electronic stuttering control device that looks like a hearing aid. It fits comfortably behind the ear and reduces stuttering by modifying physical factors that affect speech, giving the brain the ability to more effectively control the movement of speech muscles.

When communicating with someone who stutters, remember these three tips:

Listen: be patient and listen to what the person is saying.

Talk: when you speak, use your usual speech patterns. Don’t speak more loudly or slowly. Stuttering is not due to a lack of intelligence! Speak as you would with anyone else.

Don’t Finish Their Sentences: let the person with the speech impairment finish their sentence. They know what they want to say more than you do!

For more information about stuttering and The Fluency Master, visit www.stutteringcontrol.com

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Hi Tyra,

My daughter, Kelsey, is 12 years old. She has been suffering with a stuttering problem since she was about 4 years old -most of her life. We have had her in Speach Therapy several different times for 3 mos to a year each time. This has been unsuccessful to date. This has caused her to withdraw from public activity in school. She has friends and makes straight A's, but this has caused her to become self-concious about herself, over-critical and sometimes feel like she is different from others and lacks the self confience that I feel she will need in these next critical years. I saw your show whe you discussed the Fluncy Master when I was at home after my 2nd child at 37 years old. I was very critial of the show in the beginning thinking that the only people going to benefit from the show's tips were going to be the perfect, tall and beautiful people. I WAS WRONG! Your show is my favorite talk show. I have never benefitted from any other show like I have yours. I have seen many people helped, as I was helped, with everyday struggles in their life because of your generosity and care of others. You are truly an Icon to this generation. We are trying to find out information on this device that helped the 2 people on your show. I have not been able to find out how much it is or how to get it. Can you or someone from your team help us? We would be so grateful. I would love to see my daughter jump to the center crowd and express for others just how beautiful, talented and special she really is. Thank You!

Posted by: Tammy | July 20, 2008 9:45 AM

hi tyra i'm writing u to tell u my brother has a bad stuttering problem. i would say he's had it since he started talking during every grade in school he has always either missed classes or had my mom letters w/excuses why he couldn't do presentations in front of classes n the worst years were high school years cause as we all know for certain classes u need to do presentations regardless just so you'de be able to get a passing grade well in his senior year is where he wound up missing lots of classes to the point that he was told he was failing and was in danger of not graduating but he wound up pulling through by doing lots of extra homework and saturday classes and he ended up graduating with his class!!see the worst part of that senior year is that the school had told him n my mom that they would end up buying this stuttering ear device that he's been dreaming of getting but all they did was dissapoint my lil brother cause after months of the school making him believe that he's finally gonna get that device he's been wanting for so long and paying for him to even go get a molding of his ear so that the device can fit his ear only n then a few weeks later after getting all his hopes up..... they told my mom that they weren't gonna be able to pay for the device after all with no reason given to us why just a simple no we just can't do it! well my brother is gonna be going to college very soon n i know that presentations are a must so i know this device would be a dream come true for him to have!!!!!!!!!from what i know this device is $1500-$4000 but for him to be able to try on the device that has been made for him specifically cost $500 itself ya n thats just to try it on i know thats a whole lot of money but if u can just help me in making my brothers one dream come true that would be such a blessing so now i'm begging u tyra if u can find a way to help me at least pay for him to at least go try it on so he can see how it works for him that would be wonderful i mean just to see him smile is all i'm asking u to help me with tyra.
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Hey, my name is Lance Lambert, and im in the u.s army. Im 21 years old and actually stuttered all my life.. In high school it sucked having to talk but my friends knew i stuttered, then i joined the army and now its alittle different. I am in Iraq right now. I have actually used the fluency master back in high school but we just couldnt afford it.. so i had to send it back, It did work though. I dont watch your show but my wife does. i saw everyone writing on here so i figured i would to.

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Posted by: | March 3, 2008 8:21 AM

Hi Tyra, I've been stuttering since I was ten yrs. old now I am eighteen. I'm in desperate need of help. I'm a struggling college student who is tired of stuttering. If you can find out the price of the fluency master I'll really appreciate it.

Posted by: Jeerika | February 23, 2008 6:50 AM

Hi there tyra, I would like Further information on this product as i've had a stammer since I was 3,I'm now 29 and would really like to cure it if it is possible!price etc
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Posted by: | October 16, 2007 8:03 AM

Hey Tyra,
My younger brother has a sever stuttering problem. He has gone and seen many speacialist but there were no good. I was wondering if you could tell me were to find the price of the device.
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