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Re: Future of Stuttering in 20 years?

From: Ken Logan
Date: 21 Oct 2011
Time: 14:55:13 -0500
Remote Name: 128.227.165.32

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Interesting question... here's two predictions... (1) a well-specified model of stuttering will be developed (one that includes not only exact genes, but what those genes regulate, the ways in which environmental factors affect their expression, and how that expression relates to the neuro-anatomical and neuro-physiological correlates of stuttered speech; (2) this will lead to a move away from behavioral therapies, toward ones that are more medically based... Can it be done in 20 years? I'm not sure. We're along way from it now, but hey, 20 years ago, there was no internet to speak of... See you at the next conference!


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