Title: Stuttering : a life bound up in words /
Authors: Jezer, Marty.
Publisher: Basic Books,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Stuttering
Abstract: A personal memoir of Jezer's lifelong struggles with stuttering; his experiences with speech therapy, psychotherapy, medication, and the self-help movement; and how he ultimately was able to take responsibility for his speech.
Contents: Introduction: Ya got ten minutes -- The fluency pill -- How I stutter -- The "S" word -- The worlds is my oyster -- Family -- Of mice and theory -- Parent's faul -- Spontaneous recovery and early prevention -- Adult reactions -- Two kinds of therapy -- The double-edged sword of denial -- To speak or not to speak -- An errant elbow or an act of God? -- Rebel looking for a cause -- Sex, lies, and the telephone -- I meet the Freudians -- More speech therapy, good and bad -- The real world -- Finding my voice -- Learing who I am -- Holli's journal -- At home in Ducking -- And more, therapy -- A handicap in my mouth -- Self-help heroes -- No such thing as falure.