A STAMMERER who cured himself after years of unsuccessful speech therapy is now teaching his life-changing fluency techniques to others.
Twenty-eight-year-old Stephen Hill is to hold a free open day in Tenby on January 25 (if there is a sufficient level of interest) to show stammerers in the region the key elements of his five-day individual tuition sessions.
Stephen explained: "Approximately one in 100 people has a stammer or stutter as some people call it, usually men. It can literally ruin a person's life, stopping them from reaching their potential at work and restricting their social life, not to mention the ridicule which some stammerers suffer at the hands of unfeeling people."
Stephen, whose story has been featured on national television, radio and newspapers since he cured his own bad stammer, believes his techniques hold the key to success for anyone with the disability.
"It's all about observing how fluent people speak and mirroring the way they speak and think," he commented.
"The fluency techniques I used are eminently transferable to others and the many stammerers I have worked with on a one-to-one basis have left the course at the end of the week a totally different person. Their friends and family simply can't believe the improvement."
Steve holds his one-to-one intensive therapy courses in Birmingham throughout the year.
"I've cured myself and am more confident than anyone I know, and I believe my life's work is now to help others do the same," he said.
Anyone interested in attending the free open day, which is open to stammerers and their families, can contact Stephen on (0121) 4762510 or write to him at 98 Farren Road, Northfield, Birmingham. A venue will be decided when the level of interest has been established.