tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post5996897425993774072..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: My interview on StutterTalkTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-46476732462998223092008-09-23T04:25:00.000+02:002008-09-23T04:25:00.000+02:00Tom,I am a bit late, but just listened to your int...Tom,<BR/><BR/>I am a bit late, but just listened to your interview. Great job! I was pleasantly surprised that you actually do stutter. I am tired of the gurus who don't actually stutter.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work.<BR/><BR/>AdrianAdrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637940949560873816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-36991236434037339822008-09-04T16:42:00.000+02:002008-09-04T16:42:00.000+02:00Steve in Canada -Tom's blog is excellent. As a PWS...Steve in Canada -<BR/><BR/>Tom's blog is excellent. As a PWS, I really have grown to read it on a consistent basis.<BR/><BR/>Reading of this Stuttering Brain blog will reveal that Tom often writes comments that could be construed as critisism or critical of not only researchers, research, methods and views (ie The "Crackpot Awards", lidcombe, the aussies, current reseach of some "experts", etc!!), but also taken personally. For all PWS - myself included - I've found many people are ctitical of stuttered speech, and if your gonna put it out there, you're gonna bring the boo birds. And it sounds like you and others don't like people being critical about Tom's speech. If your gonna talk, you're gonna risk it coming. Better pull your boots up or get the gloves on. Grow up and get used to it.<BR/><BR/>If you're gonna bark like a big dog, your gonna risk getting bitten.<BR/><BR/>If you attempt to be a leader, someone is always gonna try and take you down.<BR/><BR/>Tom should know this, and accept it as part of it all... I don't feel sorry for him in the least bit - It is all part of the stuttering experience. Most of us who stutter and choose to speak - and speak out - know this.<BR/><BR/>Just my nickel's worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-71028842838422886002008-09-04T16:07:00.000+02:002008-09-04T16:07:00.000+02:00What a nice surprise to hear you interviewed on St...What a nice surprise to hear you interviewed on Stutter Talk! I haven't had a chance to listen to the entire interview but I'm looking forward to hearing the rest.<BR/><BR/>Jane: Everyone stutters differently and at different levels of severity. Like Tom said, his stutter (and mine) vary depending on scenario. I consider my stutter usually moderate but when I was recently interviewed on the radio, it was severe. Let your son know that he has nothing to worry about. He can accomplish anything he wants to regardless of how much he does or doesn't stutter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-62755230270349312162008-09-04T02:30:00.000+02:002008-09-04T02:30:00.000+02:00Hi Tom,I find it amazing that people are being cri...Hi Tom,<BR/><BR/>I find it amazing that people are being critical of your speech - doing an interview must be one of the hardest speaking situations imaginable.<BR/><BR/>All of us have good/bad days and good/bad situations...I know I do.<BR/><BR/>Tom put himself out there and should be applauded for doing this.<BR/><BR/>Despite a stammer, you have been more successful than most fluent people in getting a PhD, working for top investment banks and setting up your own business (not to mention a rated chess player)<BR/><BR/>The stutteringbrain blogsite is an amazing source of information and must take a lot of work and effort to maintain - keep up this great blog.<BR/><BR/>Credit where credit is due Tom.<BR/><BR/>Just my 2 cents<BR/><BR/>Steve in CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-23294349290849958932008-09-03T18:25:00.000+02:002008-09-03T18:25:00.000+02:00Hey Tom,Love to have you back on... And sorry for ...Hey Tom,<BR/><BR/>Love to have you back on... And sorry for the sound quality. We just figured out some new techniques that will improve the sound quality DRASTICALLY. :)<BR/><BR/>And as for Jane--Don't really know quite how to respond to you. We are who we are. And time marches on, regardless of who we are. So the fundamental basis of the self-help movement is to like who we are, accept who we are, and make the most of who we are. Time is a constant, and it continues on with or without our consent. Stuttering is what we make of it, and really nothing more. We can allow it to rob life opportunity from us, or we can continue to take on life regardless of stuttering or other people's comfort levels relative to our stuttering. <BR/><BR/>Desensitization--it's a good thing.<BR/><BR/>Tom--love to get you on again, and w/ better sound!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461391169646033150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-86321020749345396392008-09-03T15:38:00.000+02:002008-09-03T15:38:00.000+02:00Hello Tom, you said medication is maybe the only h...Hello Tom, you said medication is maybe the only hope. But in a very long term (within about 2060), what do you think about the promises of the nanomedicine ?<BR/>I'm thinking particularly about "vectorized", intelligent and targetted drug delivery systems...<BR/>I'm working hard to write a post on this for my blog, even if most of us are thinking it's still sci-fi.<BR/><BR/>Olivier<BR/><BR/>PS : I translated this summary of your talk at StutterTalk in french, on my blog.Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13524864055602706537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-78897253755837506212008-09-03T13:37:00.000+02:002008-09-03T13:37:00.000+02:00After listening to the podcast, I am wondering wha...After listening to the podcast, I am wondering what type of speech therapy have you received VS the host's of the show? Are the therapies in Western Europe different than the ones offered in America? Do you ever feel therapy has failed you?<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-59035882804889691592008-09-03T09:21:00.000+02:002008-09-03T09:21:00.000+02:00And, I forgot to mention that I also didn't listen...And, I forgot to mention that I also didn't listen to my whole interview. I HATE TO LISTEN TO STUTTERERS! :-) And I also had trouble understanding at times but that is mostly the sound qualityTom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-72170239476878447842008-09-03T09:19:00.000+02:002008-09-03T09:19:00.000+02:00Ted:I will summarise the interview on my blog.Jane...Ted:<BR/><BR/>I will summarise the interview on my blog.<BR/><BR/>Jane: <BR/><BR/>Re the cast, the sound quality is not very good, so that certainly doesn't help, on top of my stuttering. In general, I don't think I don't think people don't understand what I am saying.<BR/><BR/>My fluency does vary. In daily life, I am more fluent, and sometimes completely fluent. I am at my worst when I think hard to get the right formulation in a social situation. But was is my alternative? To shut up?<BR/><BR/>He should record his speech and listen to it as a feedback. And you don't catch stuttering from someone else.Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-45510320213295764912008-09-03T04:07:00.000+02:002008-09-03T04:07:00.000+02:00Tom -StutterTalk is a web cast site my son, who st...Tom -<BR/><BR/>StutterTalk is a web cast site my son, who stutters, and I listen to. As we listened to the program, my son found it disturbing to listen to your difficulty with talking and stuttering. He is afraid of developing a level of stuttering that is that severe. I admire your "stick to it" attitude, but do you find the severity of your stuttering to limit others understanding what you are saying? It is amazing the different degrees of severity PWS exhibit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-37832217778699495752008-09-03T03:02:00.000+02:002008-09-03T03:02:00.000+02:00Suggestion for you Tom...Get a transcription of yo...Suggestion for you Tom...<BR/><BR/>Get a transcription of your interview for stuttertalk.com from one of these sites: <A HREF="http://castingwords.com/" REL="nofollow">http://castingwords.com/</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.transcriptionstar.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.transcriptionstar.com/</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.e24tech.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.e24tech.com/</A><BR/><BR/>It would be a very gentle courtesy for your international readers who do not understand spoken English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com