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Acquired Stuttering

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Speech therapy for stuttering that has has emerged or changed in your adulthood. Adulthood stuttering can negatively impact your self-confidence, and personal and professional relationships. Virtual and in-person in Toronto and virtual across Ontario.

Support for Adults with Newly Acquired Stuttering

We provide stuttering support for teens and adults, who’ve experienced a change in their fluency. Perhaps you thought stuttering was an artifact of your childhood or perhaps it’s a new experience altogether. 

Therapy isn't about eliminating who you are as a speaker. It's about building confidence, communication tools, and strategies that work for you, on your terms. We offer both stuttering modification and fluency shaping approaches, and collaboratively tailor treatment to your goals.

What Is Acquired or Renewed Stuttering?

Stuttering that emerges or changes in the teen or adult years, sometimes called acquired or neurogenic stuttering, can differ from childhood-onset stuttering in how it presents and what may be contributing to it. It can follow a stroke, brain injury, or neurological condition, or it may simply be a stutter re-emerging or shifting in pattern later in life without a clear precipitating event. Whatever the cause, it's assessed and treated with the same care and evidence-based approach as any other stuttering pattern.

Stuttering itself involves disruptions in the flow of speech, repetitions, prolongations, or blocks, that may be accompanied by tension or anxiety. It can affect confidence in social situations, workplaces, presentations, school, and everyday conversations.

Speech therapy for stuttering that has has emerged or changed in your adulthood. Adulthood stuttering can negatively impact your self-confidence, and personal and professional relationships. Virtual and in-person in Toronto and virtual across Ontario.

Support for Adults with Newly Acquired Stuttering

We provide stuttering support for teens and adults, who’ve experienced a change in their fluency. Perhaps you thought stuttering was an artifact of your childhood or perhaps it’s a new experience altogether. 

Therapy isn't about eliminating who you are as a speaker. It's about building confidence, communication tools, and strategies that work for you, on your terms. We offer both stuttering modification and fluency shaping approaches, and collaboratively tailor treatment to your goals.

What Is Acquired or Renewed Stuttering?

Stuttering that emerges or changes in the teen or adult years, sometimes called acquired or neurogenic stuttering, can differ from childhood-onset stuttering in how it presents and what may be contributing to it. It can follow a stroke, brain injury, or neurological condition, or it may simply be a stutter re-emerging or shifting in pattern later in life without a clear precipitating event. Whatever the cause, it's assessed and treated with the same care and evidence-based approach as any other stuttering pattern.

Stuttering itself involves disruptions in the flow of speech, repetitions, prolongations, or blocks, that may be accompanied by tension or anxiety. It can affect confidence in social situations, workplaces, presentations, school, and everyday conversations.

Who Seeks Acquired Stuttering Therapy?

Teens and adults come to us for a range of real-life reasons, including:

  • Fluency & Confidence Together: Wanting fluency strategies alongside confidence-building support

  • Social Anxiety: Addressing anxiety or avoidance around speaking situations, like phone calls, meetings, or introductions

  • Self-Advocacy: A desire to advocate for yourself as a person who stutters

  • New or Changed Patterns: Address renewed or changed stuttering patterns in the teen or adult years

How Speech Therapy Treats Stuttering

Treatment is collaborative and tailored to your goals, drawing on approaches such as:

  1. Fluency Shaping: Learning smoother, more controlled speech through fluency strategies targeting breath control, articulation, and tension

  2. Stuttering Modification: Reducing the severity and impact of stuttering moments through metacognitive strategies while building comfort communicating.

  3. Breathing Techniques: Diaphragmatic breathing strategies to reduce tension and support smoother speech flow.

  4. Cognitive-Behavioural Strategies: Addressing anxiety, avoidance, and negative thoughts connected to speaking situations and communication.

  5. Desensitization: Building comfort in speaking situations through gradual, supported exposure to real-life situations.

  6. Self-Monitoring: Developing awareness of your own speech patterns and making real-time adjustments based on your desired outcomes.

  7. Self-Advocacy & Disclosure Skills: Learning to set expectations and lower pressure in key moments. This can include learning if and when disclosure is necessary, as well as how to navigate situations without disclosing anything you do not wish to.

Start Building Confidence in How You Communicate

Whether your stuttering has been part of your life for years or has changed recently, you don't have to navigate it alone. Let's talk about your goals and build a plan around the speaker you already are.

Take the first step and book your free consultation today.

Virtual stuttering therapy for teens and adults available across Toronto and Ontario.