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From: John Tetnowski
Date: 20 Oct 2009
Time: 13:19:34 -0500
Remote Name: 130.70.154.61
Jason, I love your question. I think that stuttering treatment will have even more options in the future than there are today. There will be several breakthroughs due to new technologies. Pharmaceuticals will be better tested and will be prescribed for individuals that are likely to be helped by them (the research will determine exactly who those are). Devices will get smaller, be of even better quality, with new bells and whistles. However, since stuttering affects the total human condition, I think that improved individual (behavioral) treatments will still be available and necessary. I also believe that we will even be better at predicting who will stutter and who will "spontaneously" recover. This will lead to more efficiency of treatment. Consumers will be smarter, so SLPs and other professionals will have to stay ahead of the curve. In summary, I think taht the future will bring us be better understanding, but still no universal cure. There are too many variables to think that there will be a universal cure for all who stutter. I hope that I am wrong, but that's my prediction. Thanks again for the graet question. John Tetnowski