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Adrian was one of the clients which worked with Ms. Magan Chen-Leo to overcome his stuttering speech problem. This letter was written some time ago. In mid 2006, Adrian was happy to share that he is doing well in his university study in Toronto, Canada without much stuttering or stammering problem and sailed through most of his presentations!
Magan Chen-Leo is team leader of the product development team of KeepLearning! Puzzle - Why?
Magan trained in London, U.K. (M. Sc.) and Sydney, Australia (B. App. Sc.). She has more than 16 years of teaching experience.
Magan is a registered Speech Language Pathologist / Therapist with the Speech Language and Hearing Association Singapore (SHAS) and the Speech Pathology Australia.
Together with a few speech therapists, she helped found the Speech Language and Hearing Association Singapore (SHAS) (thanks for the privilege, Helen, Praema, Poh Sim and company!) and served as its first President.
Magan is currently practising at Leo Magan Speech Sanctuary in Singapore and can be reached at (65) 6223-7876.
Client's Article: Speaking More Fluently, Stutter No More
When I was young, I could not speak properly as I stutter a lot. Fortunately, my classmates and teachers knew me well and did not laugh at me. But I had to face reality. My class-mates and teachers may not laugh at me as they knew the reason but others who do not know me well would laugh. Every time when I try to speak to the teachers or just wanted to say "Hi!" to someone, I would think about it first. The reason: I would stutter and as a result, they would not understand what I am trying to say.
Up to now, I still stutter when I talk. Then a thought struck me. "Why don't I go and see a speech therapist? That might help!"
Now I am seeing a speech therapist, whose name is Magan Chen. I have been seeing her for therapy sessions for over a few weeks. During the course of these few weeks, I learned a lot of things from her. Some of the things are, learning the techniques to speak fluently, slowly and also be able to master fluency skills.
Magan's way of teaching the stammerers to overcome their difficulty is very effective. Now I am able to speak quite fluently despite the fact that I still stutter over some alphabet like 'W' but it is much better now than before. Previously, if I stutter too much, absenteeism is my only means of escape.
Other than the methods she introduced on me, Magan is also trying very hard to make sure that I remember to use the techniques when I am talking. There are times when I forgot to use the techniques when speaking to my friends or even my maid. I would just speed up and later find myself, stammering all the way through.
Besides that, Magan also makes the therapy sessions interesting and enjoyable.
The therapy sessions really help me improve my situation that I am in. Now I am able to speak more clearly and fluently. This in fact, has changed my life. Now I can join in a conversation and only stutter a few times compared to the past, when I stammer all the time and in the end, nobody knows what I am talking about. It has also helped me regain about 80% of my confidence and this has helped boosted my morale.
I must say that all these has helped me improve as well as gain confidence when I am speaking to my friends, teachers or giving a speech in class. Yes! I do stutter from time to time but the frequency has been reduced.
Last but not least, I want to say, from the bottom of my heart, a very huge "Thank you!"
With Warmest Regards, Adrian S.
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