Chiyanov Viktor Fedorovich - your psychotherapist

Hello, dear viewers! Today we are at the studio in Khreschatyk, 26 , I am Anastasia Bohdanovska, and
this is the programme ‘36,6’. I am really interested in the fact how long the mankind has been suffering
from stuttering, how many theories and hypotheses there were , how many doctors have devoted their
lives to fighting stuttering. No one can answer these questions, and the process of learning stuttering goes
on. On all the continents scientists look for the roots of this disease. So today we and our specialists talk
about stuttering. Please, Victor Tchianov, doctor-psychotherapist, and Oleg Sukhomlin, doctor -phoniatr.
-When do you think it is necessary to turn to a doctor with a child?
-I think by the age of 2,5 years there should be simple sentences. If no, this is called speech retardation.
Oleg:
-If you’re asking whether you should worry or not, let me remind you that Einstein didn’t talk until 3
years old and then he became Einstein.
-Do you know whether hard childbirth influences the development of a child?
Victor
- I think it depends on whether childbirth was hard for the mother or for the child. If there was asphyxia, it
of course influences the development of a child.
-What is asphyxia?
-It is lack of oxygen for a child and for some mother’s organs and systems.
-Which diseases do phoniatrs meet the most often?
- There are dysartria, stuttering, cerebral palsy and stuttering combined, cereabral
palsy+stuttering+psychological problems. Some people believe no one can help them and they don’t go to
doctors. Like with a hard form of cerebral palsy combined with speech disorders.
-I think it’s very important to know how to talk to a child before 1 y.o. right.
We are used to be very tender with children and we spoil words. For instance, „bow wow’ instead of ‘a
dog’. Can this spoil a child’s speech?
- When a child is small, it studies the world . So we should speak right in order for him to speak right,
otherwise he will talk with mistakes. We know there are several phases of a child’s speech development –
a phase of cry, a phase of babble, then a phase of separate syllables, and then a phase of more complicated
words. Then there is a phase of simple sentences, and then there is a phase of fluency until 5 y.o. Abstract
speech is formed until 10 y.o.
-When we want to sound more tender, we ‘swallow’ some vowels. Can a child memorize this?
-Yes, that’s why you should always speak right.
-There are many families in which children start learning foreign languages since 2 years old. How do you
think, does this trend overload a child’s brain?
- I think it doesn’t overload the brain. For instance, my child has started learning English at the age of 4.
But there is no pressure, it was like a game.
Moreover, some scientists say that a child can understand speech even before birth, so that is why
pregnant women can listen to music an foreign languages.
-It is all very interesting, we will return to this topic after we have listened to our viewer.
- Hello. My nephew has a motor-sensory alalia and no one can help him. We have been thinking of
dolphin therapy.
-What do you think about dolphin therapy, Victor?
-Well, it can be good emotionally but it doesn’t change a person’s state radically.
-Oleg, what do you think?
-I think it is necessary for a child to study foreign languages from an early age. Speaking about brain
overload, I can say that if a child is interested in studying a language, this will not be tiring.
And turning to the phone call we had now, I think parents should make an investigation of a child to find
out what is happening.
-What is stuttering ? Is it a disease or a speech disorder?

- It is a disease in a form of a speech disorder. I was stuttering myself, I was frightened at the age 6, and
then until I was 17. I was suffering myself, so I know how to help patients, we’re on the same wave.
There are some people who have almost or completely got rid of stuttering on their own. However, this is
a rare thing. Therefore, I recommend them to address a specialist.
-I also think you should turn to a specialist. He knows how to help you.
-What is the genesis of stuttering?
-Stuttering appears when a child starts using phrases (at the age of 2 approximately).
-Is stuttering transferred genetically?
-Yes, there are such families where people stutter from generation to generation.
-Oleg, what would you add?
-I think everything said before is right, but I would like to say that children are sensitive to aggression and
destruction, so if they have something like that at home, they could start stuttering.
I think all the content containing destruction is harmful for a child and should be forbidden until the age
of 7 years.
-I think this is why specialists recommend pregnant women to watch good films and listen to pleasant
music.
- Yes, there is a concept ‘innate nervousness’, which appears when a mother goes through stress during
pregnancy. Let’s listen to a question of our viewer who will get this wonderful free book shows a book
- Hello, I have two acquaintances of young age who suffer from stuttering. They are very promising but
they worry about it. As you said, this is non-commercial programme.
-Do you think there is a time when it’s late to turn to a specialist?
- My experience tells me I can heal people from 2 to 50 years old. I had a call from a lady who was 70 – I
couldn’t help her. I think I could help people of 60-65 years old. It all depends on the willingness of a
patient to heal, also he should be active and should trust the doctor.
-Oleg, what do you think?
- I had a case with a lady who was 60, and she was still giving lectures. She was very motivated for a
treatment, and she was quite successful.
-How do we correct stuttering, what should be the first step ? Should it be a neuropathologist, a
psychologist or a speech specialist?
-I think not any of them can help in such a situation. People would come to me and there were no results.
 

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