In 1889, the Russian Professor of Psychiatry, I.A. Sikorski presented his hypothesis about the existence of a some kind of a neurological illness called stuttering in his monograph "About Stuttering". This unsubstantiated assumption was later translated into German, discussed at international conferences, served as a textbook in Germany, and was further adopted by America in the twentieth century. Throughout the world today, the existing paradigm regarding any speech fluency disorder (stuttering, stammering, cluttering) is not only that it is neurological and genetic, but also that it is incurable. We're told that even if we were to stop stuttering, the "disease" would continue and we would be stutterers forever. It is that belief - based on a falsehood - that is primarily responsible for the stagnation that has existed for the past 100+ years in the treatment of stuttering. It is that paradigm that has given birth to this terrible untrue slogan "Once a stutterer is always a stutterer". It is my intention to change that paradigm. I've written this book to share with you the freedom-giving information that is enabling people who stutter to fix their own speech and life. Stuttering is NOT an illness or a medical condition. You are NOT a stutterer and you are NOT incurably ill. You have merely been deceived that you didn't have the power to develop your own speech and that you needed to rely on the power of others. When you discover, claim and use your own power, your stuttering will cease completely and forever. That is exactly what happened to Hussein Al-hassan - the hero of this book, my former student and the Etalon graduate from Finland. For 20 years of his life, he battled with stuttering. He wanted to stop it, but he couldn't. He didn't know how. He was placed to a special school for mentally retarded children, went to several speech therapists, endlessly googled tips and programs for stuttering cure, inquired about drugs for stutterers from all kind of doctors and stuttering "experts". All he could hear back from them was the same old story: "Stuttering is an incurable neurological, genetic disorder with a mysterious cause" and that he will remain a stutterer for the rest of his life. Fortunately, he did not believe such lie! On his lonely climb to his success, he found the 100% reliable Etalon Speech Gymnastics solution and was able to overcome all obstacles on his way to take this life-changing education course. With no job, no money, no family support and no English language speaking skills, this Arabic and Finnish-speaking 18-yo stutterer appeared not having even a slightest chance to take part in the 3-day Etalon program to eliminate his severe stuttering ever. But he had a burning desire and a strong will to become an adequate speaker. These personal traits in combination with the revolutionary Etalon science lead him to the destination of his stutter-free life! Hussein has reached his stutter-free destination that he desired so much and worked so diligently and insistently for. He has become the master of his own life. It's your turn now. You also can claim your power to learn the naturally simple, easy to perform speech etalons and become stutter-free in only 3 days of the individual Etalon Speech Gymnastics self-training under the guidance of an Etalon Speech Teacher. Just like Hussein, over 3,000 Etalon Program graduates, were also labeled as hopeless lifetime stutterers prior to gaining their Etalon freedom. They had been to many different stuttering treatment centers and programs and struggled in vain for years. But they freed themselves of their own irrational speech behavior. You or your loved one can too. I hope you, my dear reader, will enjoy this inspirational story as much as I did while witnessing it first hand: -)
About the Author: As Founder, CEO, President, and Lead Teacher of Speech Academie Etalon International By R.A. Snezhko, Anna Deeter has been devoted to enabling people who stutter to change their lives for the better through her new and innovative approach to speech education. Coming from a family of PhD professors and educators in Russia, Anna pursued a career in speech therapy and special education immediately following her graduation from high school in 1976. She attended Sverdlovsk State Pedagogical Institute in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where she ended up receiving her Master's Degree in Special Education and Speech Therapy in 1981. In 1998, after over 17 years of professional experience as a speech-language therapist servicing public school students with speech difficulties in Russia, Anna moved to the United States, where she attended a number of university courses to further strengthen her knowledge of the English language and advance as a speech-language professional. Through these courses, she eventually received the proper certification to begin teaching at schools throughout California in 2003. After a largely successful two-year stint during her last conventional employment in a small California school district, Anna was laid off from her position in 2010, which led to her making a life-changing decision. She discovered, adopted and started teaching an extremely efficient way of guiding people in overcoming their so-called "speech fluency disorders" (stuttering, stammering, cluttering), to the English language. Despite facing some misunderstanding and opposition from fellow speech professionals (mostly stutterers themselves!), Anna has persevered by proving the efficiency of her program through the number of students who have gone on, and continue to go on, correcting their speech imperfections with her method of speech education. Over the years, she has also published three books on the subject of speech education. All of her works explain the importance of the Etalon method and place emphasis on the fact that all speech imperfections (including stuttering) in a physically intact human are simply due to a lack of correct speaking skills and not a type of medical disorder as previously believed. Along with her writings and three-day courses, Anna also has YouTube and Vimeo channels with over 140 videos, which she fully produces on her own, that have been viewed by over 366,370 people.