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I attended a stuttering research clinic for two weeks in Virginia. The guy in charge gave us a presentation on all the forefront of research into speech therapy. He said that a lot of stuttering comes...

Well there is no cure yet, but I've seen some experimental research into putting a titanium rod in your inner ear to help with skull resonance since that seems to contribute to stuttering...

Stuttering and the Valsalva Mechanism

Stuttering and the Valsalva Mechanism Earlier today I was smoking and just killing time experimenting with words and sounds at which I usually block. I've noticed that it's always at the point where m...

This seems out of the ordinary to me. I've had mine since I can remember talking, and the blocking came later; about third or fourth grade. Oddly enough, my stutter completely left me for about six mo...

All psychiatrists I've been to has always told me stuttering has very little to do with anxiety and it's mostly biological. One of them recommended speech therapy and went to a speech therapist for ye...

This is actually a common misconception. Stutterers dont stutter from anxiety or nervousness, but it is exacerbated by it. The root of stuttering doesn't come from anxiety, it is a neuro-motor miscomm...

Stuttering SLP here, resurgence of [recovered] stuttering is exceedingly rare--in fact unheard of except in cases of neurological trauma. I'm suspect of a psychogenic cause of stuttering, it also bein...

Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't amphetamine affect serotonin and dopamine levels? Studies has shown that stutterers have different dopamine levels than non-stutterers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

It is possibly because that is a function of rhythm or intonation, both of the right hemisphere of the brain and separate from language and the theoretical origins of stuttered speech. Same thing happ...

There's actually a science behind this. It's to do with pathways in the brain, quite hard to explain, something like the dual-processing theory. Basically there's a subconscious route we use when spea...

sounds strange to start that late.any changes in your life before (tests,graduation,work-related stuff,death,shock....)? have you been checked for neurological complications/diseases?any history of tu...

Is Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation DBS the future of care for Severe Stuttering? | stutteringmedication.com

Is Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation DBS the future of care for Severe Stuttering? | stutteringmedication.com ...

They make great points, I would be interested on what else you pick up during the rest of the program. The jaw angle theory would explain why stuttering is typically associated with specific sounds. ...

Hey man I have been at this major research center for stuttering all day today and just saw a big presentation about what real research shows about stuttering. According to these guys (who have been t...

There is some evidence of a certain species of bird that has some stuttering like behavior. However, based on what we know about stuttering I think you'd be hard pressed to find it in the animal kingd...

I'm glad you are enjoying the book. However any author that thinks that stuttering is caused by mental or emotional trauma and is therefore entirely psychological is suspect. The research literature ...

Thanks for posting this. I had heard about the researching involving lysosomal dysfunction. The problem is that the speech pathology and medical community are too divided... ...