If you set a goal to find a treatment method for stuttering, then dozens of patented methods will fall on you. Harutyunyan’s methodology stands out among many methods, because for many of them it is the foundation on which other authors have already built their developments.
The basis of the methodology of Lilia Zinovievna Harutyunyan is slow speech. So slow the pace of speech is trained in the classroom that even with an initially strong stutter, a person cannot stumble.
To imagine this pace, you need to indicate that the syllable is pronounced for 2-3 seconds. Speech therapists call this rate of pronunciation "pace of achievement." And not without reason. Indeed, throughout the course at this pace, communication with people, including strangers in various situations, from questions on the street to getting a job, is supposed.
Initially, communication at this pace often causes shock. This breaks the prevailing patterns of speech behavior over the years and helps to overcome the desire to hide the fact of stuttering, which is emotionally one of the main causes of stuttering. It is the fear of recognizing stuttering in front of others that causes more and more pinched, fussed and, in the end, leads to stumbling.
Also, the methodology requires you to tell people why the pace of speech is so low. For example, the guys who are following the course of the course should say in new situations that they are being treated for stuttering, therefore they speak so slowly. It is also very difficult, but also has a powerful healing effect. Several speeches in front of unfamiliar audiences at a slow pace radically change their condition. The steady anxiety state of stuttering gives way to calmness and confidence in one's speech powers.
Regular communication on the street on various issues and speaking at a slow pace can significantly weaken the negative speech and emotional stereotypes that accompany stuttering, and in many cases completely eliminate them. At this pace, it is required to go through all significant communication situations and communicate with all people from the environment many times.
After passing at a slow pace all the significant communication situations, the speech speed begins to increase gradually and within 5-7 months comes to the usual speech speed of the surrounding people.
The next important element of the technique is the movement of the fingers, which are performed in each speech area in a special way and serve, in essence, as a metronome, thanks to which you can keep the desired pace. The movements of the fingers establish additional connections of speech with the motor areas of the brain, which allows you to rebuild the roar act itself and build an additional basis for speech. In the later stages, finger movement techniques are minimized and gradually eliminated.
It is important to add that Harutyunyan’s methodology is based on the postulate that healthy, beautiful speech does not live in a tense body, therefore much attention is paid to relaxation, relaxation, training of speech as a “conscious exhalation”.