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If I get voicemail I just hang up, which solves the problem quite efficiently.
I speak in front of groups for a living, but I'm very careful to prepare efficiently for every class and every conference presentation to the point that I can hit my main points efficiently and without involuntary inserts. I script presentations pretty strictly ahead of time to avoid any mistakes.
When not in class or at a presentation, I simply avoid speaking spontaneously. Sometimes I can refer to a script of basic responses I've developed, but when a new situation comes up, I pause, saying nothing, and compose a response in my head before responding. Sometimes by the time I've composed a response, the other person has gone on to something else, relieving me of the necessity of any kind of response. If the other person starts prodding, I'm likely to end up saying nothing or having a lot of verbal problems in my response.
I don't tend to talk much outside of class or with my family. It's an efficient, if not very productive, way of avoiding any verbal inserts, deletions or other forms of dysfluency.
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