I think there is also the phenomenon of vested interest in maintaining a status quo. If a cure would lead to less jobs (for researchers and speech therapists alike), it could lead to a conflict of interest to find a true cure. An argument could be made that most stutter research seem to focus on unnecessary details rather than tackling the core problem (and this is not just my opinion, researchers seem to agree as well). This means researchers might be focusing on minor aspects of stuttering while ignoring the bigger picture of what's causing it and how to fix it for good. On the other side of the coin is the stuttering community with people who stutter, whom, in my eyes, are not ready for a cure and don't seem interested in diving in stutter research, and thus, it seems like progress on the stuttering front has hit a roadblock, with both sides contributing to the standstill basically. I took it upon myself to openly discuss new research studies to make progress towards stuttering recovery - see my [research Mega Post ](https://new.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/15dltbl/megacollection_tips_to_improve_stuttering_from/)here - but it looks like no one, whether it's people who stutter or therapists, is really taking advantage of the chance to share their ideas based on these new research findings. Imagine, research studies come up with new theories about what might cause stuttering and what triggers it, all the time and sure enough, in my experience I was able to extract tips from each research study that I reviewed. I hope that more people here will start sharing their own ideas towards stuttering recovery based on recent research studies. Because that could help open the door to totally new treatments towards progress in stuttering recovery, in my opinion