A Preliminary Survey of Vocal Tract Characteristics During Stuttering: Implications for Therapy

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Re: Prephonatory Activity

From: Anelise J. Bohnen
Date: 02 Oct 2012
Time: 14:07:44 -0500
Remote Name: 187.107.57.39

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Hi Dick, I thank you for your remarks. Researches like Fox et al. (1996); Schnitzler et al. (1997); De Nil et al.(2000); Ingham et al. (2000), among so many others, have shown that when normal temporal lobe activation during speech fails, it complicates the organization of phonological planning which is processed in the premotor regions of the brain. And if converting an abstract thought into a concrete motor activity takes approximately 450 milliseconds, then pre-phonatory activity in stuttering is something quite possible and probably more "usual" than we may think. The images you have probably watched showed that those people needed more than 3 seconds to initiate phonation. This is a very challenging task for us clinicians. Because since there are not two stutterers alike, I understand that each and everyone should be treated in a very especial and unique way. Thank you for taking the time to talk to me. I appreciated it.


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