FreetoSpeak
06-14-2009, 12:14 AM
Hey,
I am not saying it is for everyone, but notice on here and at a stuttering blog people being very negative about SpeechEasy. I am in my late 40s and have stuttered severely my whole life. I got SpeechEasy about 4 years ago and have had impressive results. Now, this may be because the results were obviously measurable/noticeable. Even so, I am very very pleased with the device and what it has done for me.
It is not perfect. Still have to work at it, and still stutter in meetings so encounter the odd prick of manager who is prejudiced against people with disabilities...And there have been side effects. My hearing suddenly became not as sharp, first in the ear without the device (making me think my brain was trying to balance out the inputs), and now both ears have the sound quality akin to having cotton batten stuffed in both ears. Also, I immediately seemed to have "slowed down" thinking-wise.
I can live with this, now that I can talk really well. In my administrative job I talk with people about 5-10% of the day, but now I am debating going into a sales career because I can talk nearly well all the time now when before I could never talk at all to most people. My confidence is over the moon.
Also I see that for some people in the forums, the effect wears off. I wear it for about an hour nearly every day, and the effect lingers in my head for the rest of the day, but notice that if I don't use it for several days, my stuttering returns with a vengeance.
So I have been wondering, has anyone else had these side effects? Has it affected your ability to hear, learn and remember? How long does the effect last when you wear SpeechEasy all the time, and should I expect the Choral Effect to wear off if I use it more (if I go into sales, I'd have to)?
Cheers,
Free to Speak
I am not saying it is for everyone, but notice on here and at a stuttering blog people being very negative about SpeechEasy. I am in my late 40s and have stuttered severely my whole life. I got SpeechEasy about 4 years ago and have had impressive results. Now, this may be because the results were obviously measurable/noticeable. Even so, I am very very pleased with the device and what it has done for me.
It is not perfect. Still have to work at it, and still stutter in meetings so encounter the odd prick of manager who is prejudiced against people with disabilities...And there have been side effects. My hearing suddenly became not as sharp, first in the ear without the device (making me think my brain was trying to balance out the inputs), and now both ears have the sound quality akin to having cotton batten stuffed in both ears. Also, I immediately seemed to have "slowed down" thinking-wise.
I can live with this, now that I can talk really well. In my administrative job I talk with people about 5-10% of the day, but now I am debating going into a sales career because I can talk nearly well all the time now when before I could never talk at all to most people. My confidence is over the moon.
Also I see that for some people in the forums, the effect wears off. I wear it for about an hour nearly every day, and the effect lingers in my head for the rest of the day, but notice that if I don't use it for several days, my stuttering returns with a vengeance.
So I have been wondering, has anyone else had these side effects? Has it affected your ability to hear, learn and remember? How long does the effect last when you wear SpeechEasy all the time, and should I expect the Choral Effect to wear off if I use it more (if I go into sales, I'd have to)?
Cheers,
Free to Speak