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From: Anelise J. Bohnen
Date: 11 Oct 2012
Time: 15:06:14 -0500
Remote Name: 187.107.57.39
Hi Peter Yes, ask me whatever you need. I am here for this exact reason: to discuss stuttering matters with anyone willing to do so. Have you seen this paper? A muscle spindle abnormity in one laryngeal muscle would be sufficient to cause stuttering. Schuster SH, Schuster FM. (Med Hypotheses. 2012 Jul;79(1):34-7. Epub 2012 Apr 24.) In: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22537410 I think it is very close to what you are thinking when you say the cause of stuttering may be in the larynx. I have never worked with stuttering and artificial larynx, so it would be hard to answer your question. Last year, in this on line conference, I published a paper characterizing stuttering as a language disorder. I really believe that the neuromotor commands necessary to synchronize the organization of speech and then move the vocal tract, work very close together. Please refer to the answer I gave to Barbara where I cited another paper about stuttering in sing language. If stuttering were NOT a language disorder, how could we explain all the manifestations observed with artificial larynx as you say or sign language? Dopamine plays an important role in synchronizing language. Time will come where some kind of medication will probably improve these mechanisms for PWS. For now, we have speech therapy. Thank you!