[ Contents | Search | Next | Previous | Up ]
From: Klaas Bakker, Missouri State University, Springfield MO
Date: 14 Oct 2011
Time: 16:07:56 -0500
Remote Name: 99.45.209.96
Damon, Like Dr. St Louis, I have spent a lot of time learning more about cluttering and participating in a number of studies on the subject. I too don't know if that makes me an expert but I like your question and will try to relate my thoughts. It seems Dr. St Louis already came out with the numbers which were close to yours. But I think you were also between the lines asking about the relationship between stuttering and cluttering, and how they may relate within yourself. Of course the best answer would come following an evaluation by an SLP who is knowledgeable both about cluttering and stuttering. Reading some of the documents online available on the website of the International Cluttering Association (http://associations.missouristate.edu/ICA no doubt would help you better understand how much you have of each. I personally think someone may have signs of both but not necessarily happening together at the same time something like slipping into a cluttering mode of speaking and later getting hung up in a stuttering mode. To some extent the problems have opposite characteristics which why it is so fascinating that it apparently is quite comment to find both within the same person. Not sure if this helped any, but I think someone working with you one on one and who has a demonstrated interest in fluency disorders may bring out a lot of helpful information, even though not all of it has a lot of science behind it. Research in cluttering is only in the beginning stage and depends a lot on people like you who are interested in sharing their experiencing. The International Cluttering Association makes a point to work close together with people who clutter. Hopefully we can connect sometime through that channel....