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  • Speaking of fiction mentioning it, in the movie “The King’s Speech” there’s a scene where singing is used as part of a speech therapy session and it’s actually mentioned in the research paper linked above.

    As an anecdote, remember the scene of the popular Movie “The King’s speech” in which King George VI. is depicted in his first visit to a speech therapist specialized in stuttering.
    In this scene, the king is persuaded to loudly sing along with a song. With great astonishment he finds out afterwards that he sang completely fluently.
    This effect might also be useful in a therapeutic way, since it helps individuals affected by stuttering to regain some faith in their capability of speaking flawlessly and thereby giving them a positive feeling and motivation for therapy, which is essential for any further therapeutic invention and the success of it.

    I couldn’t find that through a quick google but I did find swedemasons remix on another session.
    Warning, lots of foul words in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq7Vj3GMd1M


  • Wonderful story!
    For those wanting to read more about how singing relates to stuttering this research paper can be of interest:

    Moreover, some patients who cannot speak fluently, are still fluent while singing: this surprising effect has long been known for individuals who stutter.
    It is often reported as a curiosity in the press when, during a song contest, a severely stuttering young artist who struggles with every word, is suddenly beautifully singing without any interruption of the song.
    There are also many cases of famous singers and actors who stutter.
    Ed Sheeran stuttered as a child and he attributes rapping and singing as instrumental to his recovery.
    Marilyn Monroe also stuttered as a child and on the advice of a speech therapist, took up singing to help mitigate the effects.
    She eventually developed a distinctive and highly stylized manner of speech that was song-like, breathing from the diaphragm, with exaggerated emotional expression, stretched vowels, and slowed articulation rate.
    This adopted style of speech seems to have served her well, but it is not clear how exactly the fluency-enhancing effects of singing are to be explained.
    Different hypotheses suggest that these effects may be attributable to enhanced motor control emerging through

    1. altered articulation patterns in singing, especially altered prosody and rhythmic-temporal structure, and
    2. socio-emotional and cognitive factors, which, in addition create positive feelings, social connectedness and ease the burden of communication.

    The present contribution will examine these hypotheses, with particular emphasis on the role of rhythm and discuss how singing could be integrated in therapeutic intervention.