From personal archives and diaries  

 For several years of work there were many  cases, which could be described  in this book.  The majority of results are positive. Today we can say   with confidence, that the method has passed test by practice. Our former patients, who achieved  the final result, do not come back to us any more, actually  we can’t speak of relapses, because  instead of the old habit to speak with stuttering  a stable habit to speak expressively and correctly was developed . For  the most part, their  future was   successful - undoubtedly, rescue of stuttering increases quality of  life. Not describing similar standard cases, we want, nevertheless,  to draw Your attention  to some of them, the most interesting.   

Case 1.  

The cadet of military sea school, slim boy of 12 years  diligently passed with me all stages of the training. The aim was reached - at all three stages it was possible to remove stuttering. The parents were happy, the guy, appeared, "shone" because of new sensations. We  said goodbye...  

If patients can’t do anything - they call to the support service, and they are connected either to programmers, or with doctors. Literally  in a week after our meeting I was asked to come to the phone for consultation. The parents of the above-mentioned cadet  called me with the unusual question  - should he train, if there hadn’t been  no stuttering   after that single training. The question was reasonable since the scheme of treatment included 30 daily trainings (hour and a half) and a supporting course up to  4 months (trainings- 2 times  a week).  Glad of my patient’ successes, I nevertheless  explained, that one time was not enough  for development of the  habit  and  advised to undergo a complete course of treatment. 

Approximately in half a year a mother  with the boy of 16 years from the same city made an appointment to me. She told me at once, that she had come on the recommendation of parents of that cadet. 

- I personally told with him, - the woman said, - and long enough, but at all my scepticism and even confidence, that stuttering can’t be treated, I didn’t  find  out defects in his speech. I called  you at once and made an appointment  to you, I hope, that  the program will help my son too!  

Good  guy, cadet – pushed the matter through  and obtained  stable results! 

The following case also shows, that  persistence, patience and purposefulness allow to solve the most difficult problems.   

Case 2.  

A patient, we shall call him Kolya,  was noticeably nervous, but looked at me with hope. The student-lawyer. As a rule, this is our most reasoned category, which gives up to 100 % of results. Moreover, several lawyers, who never suffered from speech problems,  already  work with use of our program, working through persuasiveness of speech before the  legal procedure. They say, it   helps greatly. Having found out the reason and features of logoneurosis course, I began  testing. The expressed spasms of mimic muscles of  face, lower jaw and neck prevented  the patient from  speaking  -  his speech was accompanied by  long and painful pauses, which left no doubts of the degree of stuttering severity. “How does he , the poor creature, study with such speech?” - thoughts ran in my head. And I said aloud:   

We shall try to help! Now you should pass the most important stage of testing. You will put on the headphones and begin  to read into the microphone, being guided by your voice, which will sound with small delay, compelling you to slow down your speech rate, slightly drawling  vowel sounds. Do not hurry up! Listen to yourself attentively! Until you  listen  in the headphones to that syllable, which you pronounce  at the  present moment, you shouldn’t pronounce the following syllable! Your speech should be fluent, with a singing accent. Try to emphasize stressed syllables by their longer pronunciation, in order  that the sense of the text was not lost, so as to read not syllables, but  words. Take care of  Your breath - do not “break off"  words with a breath. If you fall short of  air to finish a word - stop, make deeper breath and start over again to pronounce this word. The arrangement of correct breath – is one of our primary goals. 

I clearly demonstrated,  having read the  first sentence, how one should   read, following all the above-stated instructions. Kolya nodded, and I directed a "mouse" at the button "start". On the screen schedules and figures were gleaming . However, the well-known  text did not wish to sound properly. However  hard Kolya tried – everything was in vain.  Practically nothing  changed: The same hasty speech rate, with the same quantity of stumblings and the wrong "short" breath "excitedly".  “High bone conduction”, - I  thought and  increased loudness of  sound in the  headphones. Usually this method helped the patient to reorganize oneself gradually on  the voice, sounding in the headphones with a small delay. In rare cases  it required 30-40 minutes … 

Nevertheless, even 50 minutes of work with the patient did not give the expected result. It was for the first time with me! But the guy  wanted,  tried so much! 

We  tried once again. Another 30  minutes passed, but there were no changes. I had to tell him the unpleasant truth, though I  did it extremely seldom.      

   - Unfortunately, because of peculiar properties of your perception of  sound, our development does not suit you! I understand, that You are not a muscovite and have incurred some expenses for the journey, but  we are not a disk sale shop. We are the scientific organization, interested in the final results of our activity. 

You should try the other techniques. 

 My words  sounded like a verdict. You had  to see, how the fellow’s face  changed! The hope was replaced by despair. He just  begged: 

- Do not deprive  me of my hope. I believe, that this program will help me! My dream is to become a lawyer, and not  a notary. I shall get my own way, live or die! 

I thought of it.  The hour and a half work did not give any results, but also I didn’t want  to deprive the guy of hope. I had  to provide  a separate room for him since the  next patients came to me. 

The time passed. My patients displaced each other, and nothing changed for Kolya ,  whom  I periodically entered. Moreover, the physical weariness had already an effect – Kolya’s face became red, sweat poured down it, his hands shivered. Again I advised to stop training and  go home. For that I  received the answer, that “he still has  got  tomorrow”. Persistence of the student commanded respect, but my confidence of his success went out hour after hour. At this moment our director - the author of this method -came. I  asked him to help me with this patient. 

However, the subsequent hour and a half  did not give any results!  “Practically absolute bone conduction of  sound”, - was a verdict of the author. We already both sent the patient home, but he held his ground ! 

And, really, the miracle  happened, we might say, - in 7,5 hours of wearisome training Kolya did it (!)-his voice sounded fluently  and  correctly, stumblings and spasms  disappeared.  The second and third stages of work with the program  passed without deviations, and the happy fellow with the program went  home to fix the skills, obtained at so protracted training. 

I shall remember the persistence and perseverance of this law-student  for a long time !