New THERAPY FOR STUTTERING -
Proven Effective
Take Control of Your Speech
With BioFeedback
Modifying Phonation Intervals 2 (MPI-2) is an exciting new therapy programme for stuttering with proven results. It is the result of many years of research by Dr Roger Ingham (University of California, Santa Barbara).
The MPI programme has been shown to significantly reduce or eliminate stuttering for most people. A Phase II clinical trial shows that most participants who undergo this intensive programme achieve stutter-free, natural-sounding speech and are able to maintain this long-term (73% of participants, as reported in Ingham et al., 2015). It is designed for adults and older adolescents approximately 15 years and up.
There are no easy answers for stuttering and this programme requires intensive work over many months. However, it is an effective programme that delivers results for most people. If you are motivated to change your speech and willing to put in the work, MPI-2 can show remarkable results. One of the excellent things about this is approach is that you will have the app on your own iOS device and can practice whenever you want to and for as long as you wish.
You will work closely with a speech and language therapist and analyse your speech using an innovative iPhone/iPad (iOS) app that gives immediate, accurate feedback about your vocal fold movements. Studies show that reducing the number of short phonation intervals (i.e. where the vocal folds switch on and off very rapidly) in speech can significantly reduce stuttering.
With the MPI-2 app you will learn to use your vocal folds in a slightly different way, resulting in significant reduction or elimination in stuttering. The programme guides you as you learn to use this new skill in increasingly demanding speaking situations. You can find more information about MPI-2, including research and videos of people who have undergone the programme at www.mpi2.com.
Below is a before/after video of some people who underwent an earlier version of this programme:
There are no easy answers for stuttering and this programme requires intensive work over many months. However, it is an effective programme that delivers results for most people. If you are motivated to change your speech and willing to put in the work, MPI-2 can show remarkable results. One of the excellent things about this is approach is that you will have the app on your own iOS device and can practice whenever you want to and for as long as you wish.
You will work closely with a speech and language therapist and analyse your speech using an innovative iPhone/iPad (iOS) app that gives immediate, accurate feedback about your vocal fold movements. Studies show that reducing the number of short phonation intervals (i.e. where the vocal folds switch on and off very rapidly) in speech can significantly reduce stuttering.
With the MPI-2 app you will learn to use your vocal folds in a slightly different way, resulting in significant reduction or elimination in stuttering. The programme guides you as you learn to use this new skill in increasingly demanding speaking situations. You can find more information about MPI-2, including research and videos of people who have undergone the programme at www.mpi2.com.
Below is a before/after video of some people who underwent an earlier version of this programme:
Pricing
Discounted Introductory Price
Special introductory offer – £1499 for comprehensive programme.
Over 60% off typical price for this programme in the United States (approximately $5000/£4000).
Price includes MPI-2 app licence and throat microphone (purchased from app developers).
Special introductory offer – £1499 for comprehensive programme.
Over 60% off typical price for this programme in the United States (approximately $5000/£4000).
Price includes MPI-2 app licence and throat microphone (purchased from app developers).
The MPI-2 programme is made up of several phases. These are:
Establishment Phase – You work intensively with a therapist (in person or remotely via Skype) daily for 2-4 weeks. A throat-microphone and the MPI-2 iOS app are used to detect vocal fold movement and give immediate biofeedback about how the vocal folds are moving. You use the biofeedback from the app and the therapist's guidance to achieve a 50% reduction in short phonation intervals. Practice continues until you and the therapist agree that the speech is fluent and natural-sounding. You learn to use maintain this in progressively more challenging situations (e.g. starting with reading, progressing to monologues/conversations and ending with telephone conversations). Once this is achieved, you move on to the Transfer phase.
Transfer Phase – It is now time to use the fluent and natural-sounding speech in your life outside of the clinic. You will work with a therapist to identify and practice for important speaking situations (e.g. making a presentation, talking on the phone to customers). The MPI-2 iOS app allows recordings of these situations to be made and shared with the therapist. Once speech is fluent and natural-sounding in your day-to-day life, you will enter the Maintenance Phase.
Maintenance Phase - You continue to practice using the MPI-2 app, although less intensively. The therapist is in regular contact to ensure that speech gains made in the programme are sustained over time.
Establishment Phase – You work intensively with a therapist (in person or remotely via Skype) daily for 2-4 weeks. A throat-microphone and the MPI-2 iOS app are used to detect vocal fold movement and give immediate biofeedback about how the vocal folds are moving. You use the biofeedback from the app and the therapist's guidance to achieve a 50% reduction in short phonation intervals. Practice continues until you and the therapist agree that the speech is fluent and natural-sounding. You learn to use maintain this in progressively more challenging situations (e.g. starting with reading, progressing to monologues/conversations and ending with telephone conversations). Once this is achieved, you move on to the Transfer phase.
Transfer Phase – It is now time to use the fluent and natural-sounding speech in your life outside of the clinic. You will work with a therapist to identify and practice for important speaking situations (e.g. making a presentation, talking on the phone to customers). The MPI-2 iOS app allows recordings of these situations to be made and shared with the therapist. Once speech is fluent and natural-sounding in your day-to-day life, you will enter the Maintenance Phase.
Maintenance Phase - You continue to practice using the MPI-2 app, although less intensively. The therapist is in regular contact to ensure that speech gains made in the programme are sustained over time.
About me
I am a qualified speech and language therapist and person who stutters. I am passionate about finding the right therapy for my clients and have a particular interest in how new technologies can help people who stutter. I am the first speech and language therapist in the UK to offer this exciting new therapy.
I am a qualified speech and language therapist and person who stutters. I am passionate about finding the right therapy for my clients and have a particular interest in how new technologies can help people who stutter. I am the first speech and language therapist in the UK to offer this exciting new therapy.
References
Ingham, R., Ingham J., Bothe, K., Wang, Y., & Kilgo, M. (2015). Efficacy of the modifying phonation intervals (MPI) stuttering treatment program with adults who stutter. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(2), 256-71
Ingham, R., Kilgo, M., Ingham, J., Moglia, R., Belknap, H., & Sanchez, T. (2001). Evaluation of a stuttering treatment based on reduction of short phonation intervals. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44(6), 1229–1244
Ingham, R., Ingham J., Bothe, K., Wang, Y., & Kilgo, M. (2015). Efficacy of the modifying phonation intervals (MPI) stuttering treatment program with adults who stutter. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(2), 256-71
Ingham, R., Kilgo, M., Ingham, J., Moglia, R., Belknap, H., & Sanchez, T. (2001). Evaluation of a stuttering treatment based on reduction of short phonation intervals. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44(6), 1229–1244