McGuire Programme
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The McGuire Programme is a treatment programme run by stammerers
(stutterers) which involves the use of costal breathing (also known as diaphragmatic breathing) to control the condition. It was founded in 1994 by Dave McGuire, himself a person who stammers. The programme's best known graduate to-date is the British
singer Gareth Gates
who has regularly promoted the course during TV interviews in the UK and Ireland
. Also Graeme Duffin
, lead gitarist of the band Wet Wet Wet
joined the programme with great success. The McGuire Programme is currently active in several, primarily Anglophone
, countries around the world.
Whilst this programme boasts high-profile successes such as Gareth Gates, there is, as yet, no cure for stammering and the programme, while effective for many people, doest not promote itself as a cure and should not be regarded as one.
A similar breathing technique is also used by the Starfish Project
to control stammering.
Stuttering
Stuttering , also known as stammering , is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds...
(stutterers) which involves the use of costal breathing (also known as diaphragmatic breathing) to control the condition. It was founded in 1994 by Dave McGuire, himself a person who stammers. The programme's best known graduate to-date is the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
singer Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates
Gareth Paul Gates , is an English singer-songwriter. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records in the UK alone. He is also known for having a stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly...
who has regularly promoted the course during TV interviews in the UK and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. Also Graeme Duffin
Graeme Duffin
Graeme Duffin has been the lead guitarist for the Scottish pop band Wet Wet Wet since 1983. However he did not appear in band photographs or interviews. The band were suspected of keeping him hidden for image purposes but it may have been Duffin's own choice due to his stammer...
, lead gitarist of the band Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop rock band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The band is composed of Marti Pellow , Tommy Cunningham , Graeme Clark and Neil Mitchell...
joined the programme with great success. The McGuire Programme is currently active in several, primarily Anglophone
English-speaking world
The English-speaking world consists of those countries or regions that use the English language to one degree or another. For more information, please see:Lists:* List of countries by English-speaking population...
, countries around the world.
Whilst this programme boasts high-profile successes such as Gareth Gates, there is, as yet, no cure for stammering and the programme, while effective for many people, doest not promote itself as a cure and should not be regarded as one.
A similar breathing technique is also used by the Starfish Project
Starfish project
The Starfish Project is a UK-based not-for-profit therapy programme which helps people who stammer or stutter to overcome their speech disfluencies through the use of diaphragmatic breathing...
to control stammering.