Stammering : Its Cause and Cure

Contents: Preface. I. My life as a stammerer: 1. Starting life under a handicap. 2. My first attempt to be cured. 3. My search continues. 4. A stammerer hunts a job. 5. Further futile attempts to be cured. 6. I refuse to be discouraged. 7. The benefit of many failures. 8. Beginning where others had left off. II. Stammering and stuttering: the causes, peculiarities, tendencies and effects: 1. Speech disorders defined. 2. The causes of stuttering and stammering. 3. The peculiarities of stuttering and stammering. 4. The intermittent tendency. 5. The progressive tendency. 6. Can stammering and stuttering be outgrown? 7. The effect on the mind. 8. The effect on the body. 9. Defective speech in children, (1) The pre-speaking period. 10. Defective speech in children, (2) The formative period. 11. Defective speech in children (3) The speech-setting period. 12. The speech disorders of youth. 13. Where does stammering lead? III. The cure of stammering and stuttering: 1. Can stammering really be cured? 2. Cases that "Cure themselves". 3. Cases that cannot be cured. 4. Can stammering be cured by mail? 5. The importance of expert diagnosis. 6. The secret of curing stuttering and stammering. 7. The Bogue unit method described. 8. Some cases I have met. IV. Setting the tongue free: 1. The joy of perfect speech. 2. How to determine whether you can be cured. 3. The Bogue guarantee and what it means. 4. The cure is permanent. 5. A priceless gift--an everlasting investment. 6. The home of perfect speech. 7. My mother and the home life at the institute. 8. A heart-to-heart talk with parents. 9. The dangers of delay.