All India Institute for Speech and Hearing Archives | The Indian Stammering Association

03 AUG

Delhi SHG Meeting at Jantar Mantar New Delhi on 4th August

Hello Everyone, This is to inform you that we have meeting this Sunday at our new place “Jantar Mantar” at our as-usual time 10 am. This time, we will have different agenda something like toast master club. We will record some videos of […]

22 SEP

All India Institute for Speech and Hearing, Mysore

It was nice to meet some of you on Sunday at Nikhil’s office. Asrequested by some of you, I am sending the information about AIISH,Mysore to the group. Disclaimer: I would say as with most things your mileage may vary. Thesessions there have helped me through my late teens and now into myearly 30s. I […]

What is Self Help?

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Since there is no medical cure and available therapy almost always ends in relapse and self-blame, it makes sense to develop problem solving skills on our own: you would surely learn to fix running repairs if you are going on a world tour, instead of carrying your mechanic with you. It is all the more useful since it is practiced in a group. You develop social and communication skills, instead of chasing fluency alone. TISA promotes four core techniques: Bouncing, Prolongation, Pausing and Voluntary stammering. In addition, we share and practice many more skills/ approaches: listening, Body language, team skills, leadership, self-assertion, peer counseling- above all being a member of a vibrant community, through fair give and take.